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Murray, KY

18,080 Population
11.7 square miles 1,546.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 35.9 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,129 ±$2,314 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $29,867 ±$1,513
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,091 ±$4,637 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $52,706 ±$4,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.1% ±4.5% (3,685  ±683) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 17.2% † 6,083 (±2.8% / ±984)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.3 minutes ±1.4 (93,630  ±12,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 17.3 282,185 (±1.2 / ±23,807)
  • about half the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,802 ±302 Number of households
  • the Murray, KY Micro Area: 15,239 ±332
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,275  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 2.3 35,254 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.4% (331  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 4.9% † 493 (±1.5% / ±155)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,844 ±303 Number of housing units
  • the Murray, KY Micro Area: 18,106 ±35
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,000 ±$15,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Murray, KY Micro Area: $183,200 ±$9,075
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

28.3% ±4.6% (5,078  ±821.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 17.7% † 6,715 (±2.5% / ±940.8)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±5.8% (8,458  ±620.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 91.1% 21,524 (±4.1% / ±971.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.1% ±4.1% (3,371  ±403.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 31.2% 7,371 (±2.5% / ±600.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.3% ±1.3% (954  ±242) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 4% 1,527
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±0.9% (505  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Murray, KY Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,578 (±0.8% / ±241)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
505 Total veterans ±142 462 Male ±134 43 Female ±41

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