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Hazard, KY

5,008 Population
7.4 square miles 672.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 41.5 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,395 ±$14,301 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Perry County: $28,931 † ±$2,911
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$51,016 ±$25,536 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $42,181 † ±$7,458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

31.5% ±8.5% (1,412  ±380) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 26.8% † 7,175 (±4.3% / ±1,153)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

13.8 minutes ±3.1 (20,335  ±6,409) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Perry County: 24.8 † 217,010 (±2.5 / ±27,701)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

2,024 ±183 Number of households
  • Perry County: 11,078 ±335
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.2 ±0.2 (4,457  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 2.4 26,790 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

8.8% ±5.8% (105  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perry County: 6.2% † 363 (±2.5% / ±144)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

2,346 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 13,295 ±29
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$145,400 ±$56,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Perry County: $91,800 ±$5,380
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

15.1% ±7.4% (740  ±363.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perry County: 11% † 2,982 (±3% / ±803.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

80.5% ±9.4% (3,073  ±400.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 80.4% 15,482 (±4.6% / ±892.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
23.6% ±5.3% (899  ±206.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 14.8% † 2,840 (±2% / ±384.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

0.2% ±0.5% (11  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Perry County: 0.9% 255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

4.9% ±2.5% (199  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 5% † 1,056 (±1% / ±214)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
199 Total veterans ±101 192 Male ±101 7 Female ±13

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