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Paducah, KY

26,894 Population
20.3 square miles 1,321.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,296 ±$4,975 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $36,357 ±$1,388
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$51,243 ±$6,044 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $62,286 ±$2,221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

21.5% ±3% (5,569  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 15.5% 15,702 (±1.3% / ±1,332)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

15.7 minutes ±1.3 (181,745  ±18,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 19.9 835,300 (±0.7 / ±34,696)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

11,609 ±426 Number of households
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 41,268 ±615
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.1 (25,756  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 2.5 101,114 (±0 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

5.6% ±2.8% (343  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 4.4% † 957 (±1.2% / ±261)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

13,955 ±387 Number of housing units
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 49,618 ±50
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$164,600 ±$21,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $160,500 ±$6,546
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

11.6% ±2% (3,094  ±527.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 8.9% 9,102 (±0.9% / ±893.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

91.3% ±5% (17,618  ±1,078.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 92% 67,152 (±2.4% / ±1,791.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
28.4% ±3.1% (5,475  ±610) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 23.8% 17,351 (±1.3% / ±981.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

2.7% ±0.7% (727  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 1.6% 1,665
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.8% ±1% (1,240  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 6,000 (±0.6% / ±455)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,240 Total veterans ±225 1,101 Male ±214 139 Female ±95

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