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

114,047 Population
27.6 square miles 4,139.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,027 ±$3,885 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,670 ±$3,798 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.2% ±2.9% (19,140  ±3,258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.8 minutes ±1.5 (1,098,890  ±121,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24.5 46,088,716 (±0.3 / ±700,208)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

51,969 ±2,970 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0 (104,490  ±6,015) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.1% (1,594  ±732) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,080 ±2,927 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$310,400 ±$29,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

23.1% ±3.7% (26,043  ±4,394.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.9% ±3.2% (64,643  ±4,403) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.4% ±2.9% (36,191  ±2,913.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

15.8% ±2.7% (16,771  ±2,853.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 291,544 (±0.1% / ±5,642.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

10.6% ±2.3% (12,041  ±2,733) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.7% ±1.2% (3,561  ±1,141) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,561 Total veterans ±1,141 3,393 Male ±1,178 168 Female ±169

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