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Prestonsburg, KY

3,823 Population
14.7 square miles 260 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,280 ±$6,023 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $26,123 ±$1,116
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$27,265 ±$5,899 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $42,014 ±$2,364
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

44% ±10.6% (1,568  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 25.6% 23,258 (±2% / ±1,769)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

17.5 minutes ±3.8 (17,240  ±5,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 25.4 730,975 (±1.4 / ±50,183)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,471 ±158 Number of households
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 38,909 ±566
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.2 (3,319  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 2.3 90,601 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

8.3% ±8.5% (63  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.2% † 805 (±1.2% / ±235)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

1,633 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 46,430 ±87
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$157,200 ±$25,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $100,500 ±$5,969
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

23.1% ±6.6% (867  ±249.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 10.6% † 9,709 (±1.2% / ±1,139.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

77.7% ±10% (1,888  ±295.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 80.9% 53,480 (±2.3% / ±1,521.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
17.4% ±6.4% (423  ±159.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 15.7% 10,351 (±1.1% / ±741.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.1% ±2.6% (120  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.8% † 3,501 (±0.6% / ±422)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
120 Total veterans ±77 109 Male ±73 11 Female ±19

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