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Magoffin County, KY

11,348 Population
308.4 square miles 36.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,190 ±$2,442 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,080 ±$6,707 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.2% ±6.4% (4,255  ±714) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±3.9 (87,685  ±16,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,734 ±204 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (11,230  ±3) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±5% (180  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,489 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,000 ±$11,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±4.8% (1,488  ±541.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

72.4% ±6.2% (5,804  ±496.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±2.6% (1,027  ±211.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% (54  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.7% (404  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
404 Total veterans ±152 369 Male ±145 35 Female ±35

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