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Fayette County, KY

329,437 Population
283.9 square miles 1,160.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,786 ±$2,060 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,989 ±$4,320 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.1% ±1.9% (38,092  ±5,864) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±0.8 (3,376,345  ±161,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24.5 46,088,716 (±0.3 / ±700,208)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

143,160 ±2,256 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (316,124  ±385) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±1.5% (4,530  ±1,259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

151,485 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$318,400 ±$14,368 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

19.6% ±2.3% (63,684  ±7,437.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±3.4% (200,633  ±7,409.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.1% ±2.4% (110,583  ±5,237.4) 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)

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

13.5% (44,465  ±4,144) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.6% (10,371  ±1,572) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,371 Total veterans ±1,572 9,660 Male ±1,576 711 Female ±355

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