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Central City, KY

5,736 Population
5.2 square miles 1,095.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Muhlenberg County: 42.8 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,339 ±$10,660 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Muhlenberg County: $31,065 ±$2,643
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$49,025 ±$7,547 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Muhlenberg County: $52,672 ±$4,858
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

24.7% ±9.3% (1,270  ±479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Muhlenberg County: 17.8% † 5,250 (±2.9% / ±853)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

20 minutes ±3.6 (42,675  ±9,707) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Muhlenberg County: 25.9 300,670 (±1.7 / ±25,301)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,904 ±170 Number of households
  • Muhlenberg County: 11,937 ±313
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.7 ±0.2 (5,136  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Muhlenberg County: 2.5 29,553 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

10.1% ±7.1% (120  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Muhlenberg County: 5.4% † 345 (±2% / ±124)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,186 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Muhlenberg County: 13,533 ±40
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$140,700 ±$15,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Muhlenberg County: $121,300 ±$6,268
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

19.8% ±5.5% (1,114  ±308.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Muhlenberg County: 11.4% † 3,448 (±1.9% / ±573.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

82.3% ±10.2% (3,088  ±437) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Muhlenberg County: 84.6% 18,552 (±4% / ±881.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
9.6% ±3.6% (360  ±137) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Muhlenberg County: 13% † 2,844 (±1.8% / ±385.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.3% ±1.3% (77  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Muhlenberg County: 2% 606
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

7.4% ±3.4% (316  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Muhlenberg County: 7.3% † 1,757 (±1.1% / ±274)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
316 Total veterans ±148 285 Male ±141 31 Female ±49

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