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Lexington-Fayette, KY Urban Area

321,198 Population
84 square miles 3,823.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,281 ±$2,160 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,113 ±$4,257 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.1% ±1.9% (37,347  ±5,901) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.2 minutes ±0.8 (3,282,480  ±159,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

139,620 ±2,337 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (308,142  ±2,033) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.5% (4,454  ±1,274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

147,815 ±821 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$314,400 ±$15,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.7% ±2.3% (62,462  ±7,436.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±3.4% (195,583  ±7,402.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.2% ±2.5% (107,632  ±5,238.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.3% ±1.3% (42,698  ±4,289) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±0.6% (9,748  ±1,552) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,748 Total veterans ±1,552 9,105 Male ±1,572 643 Female ±340

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