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Owensboro, KY

60,302 Population
20.9 square miles 2,891.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,626 ±$2,042 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $36,319 ±$1,354
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$56,357 ±$4,775 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $68,002 ±$2,356
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

18.9% ±2% (11,045  ±1,183) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 14.3% 15,725 (±1.3% / ±1,400)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

17.1 minutes ±0.7 (421,585  ±24,438) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 20.2 963,835 (±0.6 / ±36,900)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

25,451 ±495 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 45,280 ±452
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.3 ±0 (58,437  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.4 110,177 (±0 / ±64)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

6.8% ±2.4% (949  ±336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 7.5% † 1,853 (±1.6% / ±403)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

27,274 ±421 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 48,604 ±95
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$178,900 ±$5,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $195,400 ±$5,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

14.7% ±2% (8,755  ±1,169.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 11% † 12,262 (±1.3% / ±1,394.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

90.9% ±3.3% (36,317  ±1,375.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 91.9% 69,784 (±2.4% / ±1,810.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
26.1% ±1.8% (10,426  ±739.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 25.5% 19,333 (±1.2% / ±944.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

5% ±0.9% (3,008  ±563) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 3.6% 4,046
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

6.6% ±0.9% (3,030  ±399) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.7% 5,671 (±0.6% / ±493)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
3,030 Total veterans ±399 2,803 Male ±366 227 Female ±133

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