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Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area

517,916 Population
1,469.9 square miles 352.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,931 ±$1,959 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$65,964 ±$2,359 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14% ±1.3% (70,077  ±6,650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.7 minutes ±0.8 (5,006,340  ±210,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

216,988 ±2,646 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0 (501,730  ±233) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.2% ±1.1% (6,669  ±1,441) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

231,268 ±134 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$270,300 ±$7,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.7% ±1.4% (85,801  ±7,338.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.6% ±2.4% (316,669  ±8,295.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
42.1% ±1.6% (145,403  ±5,389.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

7.6% (39,376  ±4,565) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6% ±0.5% (24,497  ±2,021) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
24,497 Total veterans ±2,021 21,966 Male ±1,727 2,531 Female ±1,013

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