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Paducah, KY

26,845 Population
20.3 square miles 1,319.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,311 ±$5,143 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $37,011 ±$1,760
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$49,915 ±$5,828 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $64,160 ±$1,981
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

22.3% ±3.6% (5,777  ±939) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 15.7% 15,789 (±1.4% / ±1,357)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

15.7 minutes ±1.4 (181,050  ±19,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 20 842,055 (±0.7 / ±36,141)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

11,741 ±414 Number of households
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 41,735 ±741
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.2 ±0.1 (25,720  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 2.4 101,007 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

2.8% ±1.5% (174  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 3.6% † 778 (±1% / ±223)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

13,878 ±379 Number of housing units
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 49,751 ±67
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$165,300 ±$9,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $168,700 ±$4,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

12.1% ±2.1% (3,240  ±552) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 9.3% † 9,449 (±0.9% / ±962.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

91.5% ±4.6% (17,580  ±1,007.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 92.6% 67,604 (±2.3% / ±1,673.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
28.8% ±3% (5,528  ±593.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 24.7% 18,034 (±1.3% / ±910.8)
  • a little higher 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

2.7% ±0.9% (735  ±237) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 1.7% 1,786
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.9% ±1.1% (1,265  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,669 (±0.5% / ±438)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
1,265 Total veterans ±237 1,139 Male ±220 126 Female ±87

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