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Lexington-Fayette, KY

320,347 Population
283.9 square miles 1,128.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$41,855 ±$1,682 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $40,931 ±$1,959
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $33,980 ±$506
$62,908 ±$3,120 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $65,964 ±$2,359
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $59,341 ±$924

14.7% ±2% (45,248  ±6,006) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 14% 70,077 (±1.3% / ±6,650)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.5% 722,865 (±0.5% / ±23,794)

20.8 minutes ±0.4 (3,107,240  ±78,177) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 21.8 5,088,955 (±0.3 / ±90,816)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

140,837 ±2,186 Number of households
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 216,988 ±2,646
  • Kentucky: 1,828,680 ±8,263
2.2 ±0 (307,747  ±281) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.3 501,730 (±0 / ±233)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,392,235

5.6% ±1.4% (4,593  ±1,186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,669 (±1.1% / ±1,441)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 56,396 (±0.4% / ±4,465)

Housing

148,963 ±134 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 231,268 ±134
  • Kentucky: 2,023,679 ±185

$287,100 ±$10,233 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $270,300 ±$7,246
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $196,300 ±$2,572

20.3% ±2% (64,372  ±6,400.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 16.7% 85,801 (±1.4% / ±7,338.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.8% 569,433 (±0.5% / ±20,264.7)

Social

92.1% ±3.2% (193,445  ±6,806.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 91.6% 316,669 (±2.4% / ±8,295.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,751,440 (±0.8% / ±24,664.5)
48.1% ±2.1% (101,028  ±4,467) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 42.1% 145,403 (±1.6% / ±5,389.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 861,336 (±0.4% / ±13,374.1)

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

10.2% (32,517  ±3,977) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 7.6% 39,376
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4% 180,899

5.7% ±0.7% (14,457  ±1,844) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 6% 24,497 (±0.5% / ±2,021)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.7% 233,436 (±0.2% / ±6,659)
14,457 Total veterans ±1,844 12,441 Male ±1,491 2,016 Female ±937

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