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Lexington-Fayette, KY

320,154 Population
283.9 square miles 1,127.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 37 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$41,624 ±$1,550 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $40,958 ±$1,172
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
$66,392 ±$4,229 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $70,027 ±$2,880
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653

16.1% ±2.1% (49,345  ±6,503) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 13.8% 69,354 (±1.3% / ±6,677)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)

20.9 minutes ±0.9 (3,129,980  ±164,588) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 22.2 5,229,410 (±0.8 / ±217,848)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24.2 45,143,416 (±0.3 / ±662,711)

Families

141,680 ±2,116 Number of households
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 222,167 ±2,383
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
2.2 ±0 (307,079  ±348) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.3 502,978 (±0 / ±382)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 † 4,404,947 (±,299.7 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±1.7% (3,971  ±1,424) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5% † 6,362 (±1.3% / ±1,700)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)

Housing

150,398 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 233,549 ±196
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301

$294,300 ±$9,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $289,200 ±$7,663
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250

20.5% ±2.3% (64,594  ±7,311.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 17.3% 88,757 (±1.6% / ±7,952.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)

Social

94% ±3.4% (197,518  ±7,244.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 93.2% 323,802 (±2.5% / ±8,731.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
49.8% ±2.4% (104,663  ±5,071.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 44.5% 154,763 (±1.7% / ±6,061.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)

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

11.9% ±20,571% (37,953  ±5,668) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 9.1% † 47,335 (±9,723.6% / ±6,037)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% † 201,672 (±,546.9% / ±11,100)

5% ±0.6% (12,610  ±1,565) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.5% 22,363 (±0.5% / ±2,117)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
12,610 Total veterans ±1,565 11,506 Male ±1,389 1,104 Female ±740

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