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Bluegrass Area Development District (Central)--Lexington-Fayette County (Central) PUMA, KY

104,635 Population
27.6 square miles 3,797.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,352 ±$4,464 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$46,175 ±$5,386 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

24.5% ±3.9% (23,707  ±4,105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.2 minutes ±0.5 (915,400  ±39,016) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

50,930 ±3,105 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
1.9 ±0 (96,051  ±6,207) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,404,947
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

1.7% ±1.1% (473  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

55,379 ±2,824 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$269,100 ±$35,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

29.7% ±4.1% (30,928  ±4,622.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93% ±3.3% (58,797  ±4,356.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
47.1% ±3.4% (29,746  ±2,888.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

14.6% ±2.8% (15,530  ±2,999.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 273,515 (±0.1% / ±4,671)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

11.2% ±2.3% (11,669  ±2,523) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% 201,672
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.7% ±1.2% (4,277  ±1,105) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,277 Total veterans ±1,105 3,900 Male ±1,070 377 Female ±270

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