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Paducah, KY

26,869 Population
20.3 square miles 1,320.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,828 ±$3,633 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $34,421 ±$1,503
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
$46,984 ±$3,584 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $57,960 ±$2,288
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443

22.3% ±2.4% (5,754  ±628) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 15.1% 14,534 (±1.1% / ±1,050)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)

16.4 minutes ±1.2 (185,595  ±17,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 19.3 773,335 (±0.6 / ±32,956)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

11,432 ±410 Number of households
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 38,909 ±575
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
2.3 ±0.1 (25,784  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 2.5 96,675 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020

6% ±2.8% (367  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,007 (±1.3% / ±272)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)

Housing

13,837 ±348 Number of housing units
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 47,259 ±55
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351

$152,600 ±$20,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $152,900 ±$5,581
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059

11.8% ±2.2% (3,129  ±,580.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 9.6% † 9,317 (±1.1% / ±1,037.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)

Social

90.6% ±4.9% (17,392  ±1,040.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 91.4% 63,696 (±2.5% / ±1,746.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
27.8% ±3.1% (5,334  ±,616.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 24% 16,701 (±1.4% / ±,970.1)
  • a little higher 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

2.1% ±0.6% (556  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 1.4% 1,324
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109

6.2% ±1.1% (1,324  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 5,800 (±0.7% / ±506)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
1,324 Total veterans ±228 1,153 Male ±202 171 Female ±102

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