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Lexington-Fayette, KY

321,793 Population
283.6 square miles 1,134.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,011 ±$1,850 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $36,243 ±$1,341
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $30,728 ±$382
$60,942 ±$2,899 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $62,612 ±$2,050
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $55,573 ±$701

14.4% ±1.7% (44,545  ±5,339) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 13.2% 66,293 (±1.2% / ±6,152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.5% 721,878 (±0.5% / ±20,774)

20.8 minutes ±0.8 (2,943,960  ±151,023) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 21.7 4,786,420 (±0.6 / ±188,478)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 23.6 40,956,968 (±0.3 / ±642,805)

Families

139,303 ±1,880 Number of households
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 215,613 ±2,077
  • Kentucky: 1,785,682 ±8,799
2.2 ±0 (309,981  ±2,223) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 2.3 501,829 (±0 / ±2,450)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,384,229 (±0)

5.2% ±1.4% (4,410  ±1,167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 4.3% † 5,635 (±1% / ±1,367)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,246 (±0.4% / ±3,925)

Housing

147,590 ±1,002 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 228,736 ±1,078
  • Kentucky: 2,008,227 ±316

$242,400 ±$7,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: $235,900 ±$5,346
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $173,300 ±$1,712

20% ±2.1% (63,369  ±6,776.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 16.5% 84,457 (±1.4% / ±7,401.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 13.1% 582,427 (±0.4% / ±19,845.5)

Social

91.8% ±3.2% (192,707  ±6,651.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 92.1% 316,524 (±2.5% / ±8,547.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88% 2,708,147 (±0.8% / ±25,217)
46.3% ±2% (97,228  ±4,297.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 40.1% 137,911 (±1.6% / ±5,348.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,414 (±0.5% / ±14,466.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

9.9% ±1.2% (31,682  ±3,843) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 7.1% † 36,710 (±0.8% / ±3,924)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4% 182,011 (±0.2% / ±10,951)

5.7% ±0.7% (14,534  ±1,761) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 6.1% † 24,540 (±0.6% / ±2,481)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 237,597 (±0.2% / ±7,792)
14,534 Total veterans ±1,761 12,606 Male ±1,470 1,928 Female ±658

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