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Owensboro, KY

60,112 Population
20.9 square miles 2,882 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.9 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

$32,557 ±$2,276 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $35,046 ±$1,418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$53,295 ±$2,918 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $65,656 ±$2,831
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

19.9% ±2.1% (11,540  ±1,222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 14.8% 16,154 (±1.3% / ±1,457)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

17.9 minutes ±0.7 (449,210  ±25,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 20.7 989,845 (±0.7 / ±40,310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

25,181 ±533 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 44,765 ±426
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.1 (58,153  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.5 109,461 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

6% ±1.9% (827  ±268) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,360 (±1.2% / ±285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

27,214 ±427 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 48,370 ±52
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$162,900 ±$5,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $182,100 ±$4,789
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

15.8% ±2% (9,373  ±1,176.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 12.1% † 13,404 (±1.3% / ±1,400.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

89.7% ±3% (35,905  ±1,323) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 91% 68,893 (±2.3% / ±1,767)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
25.4% ±1.8% (10,155  ±,741.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 24.7% 18,676 (±1.3% / ±,968.7)
  • 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

5% ±0.7% (2,977  ±441) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 3.5% 3,912
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6.7% ±0.8% (3,063  ±383) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.6% 5,621 (±0.6% / ±490)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
3,063 Total veterans ±383 2,840 Male ±354 223 Female ±128

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