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Owensboro, KY

60,019 Population
20.9 square miles 2,877.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,702 ±$1,671 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $33,281 ±$976
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
$51,982 ±$2,807 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $64,366 ±$2,869
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443

18.5% ±2.1% (10,680  ±1,191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 13.6% 16,056 (±1.1% / ±1,310)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)

17.5 minutes ±1 (431,720  ±28,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 21 1,087,075 (±0.7 / ±43,852)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

25,228 ±538 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 47,797 ±519
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
2.3 ±0.1 (58,000  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.5 118,020 (±0 / ±51)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020

6.8% ±2.3% (923  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.2% † 1,630 (±1.4% / ±356)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)

Housing

27,433 ±432 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 52,009 ±101
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351

$151,800 ±$4,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $164,600 ±$4,467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059

16.6% ±2.3% (9,841  ±1,335.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 12.5% † 15,041 (±1.3% / ±1,529.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)

Social

90.1% ±3.2% (36,209  ±1,375.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 90.9% 74,357 (±2.2% / ±1,788.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
25.6% ±1.8% (10,275  ±,736.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 24.2% 19,812 (±1.2% / ±,976.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 26.5% 811,939 (±0.2% / ±6,703.3)

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

4.2% ±0.7% (2,545  ±390) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.8% 3,413
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109

7% ±1% (3,208  ±448) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 7.3% 6,657 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
3,208 Total veterans ±448 2,950 Male ±433 258 Female ±144

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