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Whitley City, KY

782 Population
2.3 square miles 339 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±18.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in McCreary County: 38.7 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$12,710 ±$6,133 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in McCreary County: $16,972 † ±$2,160
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$31,250 ±$23,856 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McCreary County: $37,355 † ±$6,787
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

42.5% ±22.3% (312  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in McCreary County: 35.1% † 5,358 (±5.2% / ±789)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

N/A

Families

276 ±101 Number of households
  • McCreary County: 5,595 ±303
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.7 ±0.9 (731  ±365) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in McCreary County: 2.7 15,039 (±0.2 / ±63)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.7% ±7% (5  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McCreary County: 2.6% † 87 (±2.5% / ±83)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

473 ±137 Number of housing units
  • McCreary County: 6,919 ±35
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$61,900 ±$34,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McCreary County: $77,000 † ±$15,269
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

8% ±7.8% (62  ±67.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McCreary County: 9.4% † 1,570 (±2.2% / ±375.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

83.7% ±9.4% (384  ±143.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McCreary County: 77.5% 9,218 (±5.4% / ±645.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
5.7% ±11.2% (26  ±52.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McCreary County: 9.1% † 1,087 (±2.2% / ±260.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

0.9% ±1.6% (7  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in McCreary County: 0.5% 84
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

9.9% ±7.2% (47  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in McCreary County: 5.3% † 700 (±1.5% / ±201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
47 Total veterans ±38 47 Male ±38 N/A Female ±13

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