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McDowell, KY

549 Population
2.5 square miles 221.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±12.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$16,490 ±$5,525 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $26,123 ±$1,116
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$35,576 ±$19,287 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $42,014 ±$2,364
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

41% ±11.3% (225  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 25.6% 23,258 (±2% / ±1,769)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

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Families

275 ±135 Number of households
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 38,909 ±566
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2 ±1.3 (546  ±244) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 2.3 90,601 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

23.8% ±37.5% (10  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.2% † 805 (±1.2% / ±235)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

344 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 46,430 ±87
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$73,600 ±$30,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $100,500 ±$5,969
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

2.9% ±5.1% (16  ±28.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 10.6% † 9,709 (±1.2% / ±1,139.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

88.8% ±58.2% (380  ±153.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 80.9% 53,480 (±2.3% / ±1,521.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
26.2% ±14.7% (112  ±85.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 15.7% 10,351 (±1.1% / ±741.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.2% ±4.3% (14  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.8% † 3,501 (±0.6% / ±422)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
14 Total veterans ±20 14 Male ±20 N/A Female ±13

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