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Thruston, KY

2,581 Population
1.8 square miles 1,462.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,765 ±$5,398 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $36,319 ±$1,354
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,922 ±$40,431 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $68,002 ±$2,356
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.6% ±16.9% (558  ±467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 14.3% 15,725 (±1.3% / ±1,400)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±4.1 (21,555  ±10,375) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 20.2 963,835 (±0.6 / ±36,900)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

920 ±254 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 45,280 ±452
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (2,581  ±783) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.4 110,177 (±0 / ±64)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.6% ±22.3% (75  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 7.5% † 1,853 (±1.6% / ±403)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

920 ±254 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 48,604 ±95
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,700 ±$56,168 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $195,400 ±$5,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±7.3% (193  ±192.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 11% † 12,262 (±1.3% / ±1,394.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.3% ±35.9% (1,382  ±387.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 91.9% 69,784 (±2.4% / ±1,810.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±4.2% (325  ±141.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 25.5% 19,333 (±1.2% / ±944.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

3.3% ±3.5% (85  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 3.6% 4,046
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±8.6% (255  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.7% 5,671 (±0.6% / ±493)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
255 Total veterans ±190 242 Male ±188 13 Female ±20

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