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Tompkinsville, KY

2,672 Population
3.3 square miles 813.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 41.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,863 ±$3,349 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $26,755 ±$1,970
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$37,405 ±$8,999 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monroe County: $49,430 † ±$5,579
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

22.8% ±9.8% (577  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 22.2% † 2,484 (±4.4% / ±490)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

20.8 minutes ±4.5 (22,015  ±7,360) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Monroe County: 29.5 † 135,405 (±4.4 / ±22,133)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,189 ±181 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 4,586 ±138
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.1 ±0.2 (2,529  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 11,175 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.5% ±3.4% (21  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Monroe County: 7% † 158 (±3.9% / ±89)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,293 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 5,240 ±40
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$86,100 ±$10,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monroe County: $116,300 † ±$12,458
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

19.9% ±8.7% (529  ±249.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Monroe County: 10.4% † 1,166 (±3.2% / ±362.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

78.2% ±6.3% (1,375  ±235.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Monroe County: 82.5% 6,431 (±5.1% / ±406.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
12.8% ±5% (225  ±93.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 14.9% † 1,160 (±2.3% / ±176.8)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.7% (6  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 2.2% 248
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

3.1% ±2% (58  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 4.8% † 412 (±1.2% / ±100)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
58 Total veterans ±39 58 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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