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Owensboro, KY Urban Area

73,882 Population
36.4 square miles 2,029.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,136 ±$3,930 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,977 ±$7,801 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.4% ±5.1% (13,916  ±3,665) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.7 minutes ±0.7 (570,700  ±33,809) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,528 ±1,289 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (72,077  ±2,935) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.2% ±4.2% (1,312  ±678) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,326 ±1,170 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$197,300 ±$14,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±3.8% (9,317  ±2,793.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±5.8% (44,158  ±3,520.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.2% ±3.5% (12,833  ±1,797.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

6.4% ±1.9% (4,717  ±1,445) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±1.8% (3,991  ±1,013) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,991 Total veterans ±1,013 3,673 Male ±938 318 Female ±293

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