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Providence, KY

2,857 Population
6 square miles 473.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,223 ±$2,533 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $31,590 ±$1,196
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,121 ±$8,686 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $59,053 ±$2,620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.9% ±8.7% (563  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 14.4% † 8,041 (±1.6% / ±911)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.8 minutes ±5.3 (33,810  ±7,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 24.1 562,970 (±1.3 / ±35,507)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,171 ±117 Number of households
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 23,445 ±418
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,813  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 2.4 55,802 (±0 / ±64)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,421 ±152 Number of housing units
  • the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 25,874 ±45
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$60,300 ±$13,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: $161,700 ±$6,629
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.8% ±12.2% (479  ±349.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,365 (±1.4% / ±812.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±12% (1,811  ±269.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 88.9% 35,319 (±3.2% / ±1,287)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.6% ±5.8% (233  ±116.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 18.5% 7,357 (±1.5% / ±591.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±3.1% (127  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Henderson, KY Micro Area: 5.6% † 2,452 (±0.7% / ±305)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
127 Total veterans ±68 127 Male ±68 N/A Female ±13

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