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Owensboro, KY Metro Area

112,812 Population
710.9 square miles 158.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,512 ±$3,060 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,068 ±$6,143 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.6% ±3.6% (17,234  ±3,972) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.2 minutes ±0.6 (963,835  ±36,900) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,412 ±769 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (110,769  ±1,668) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

10.1% ±3% (2,509  ±753) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,680 ±558 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$208,000 ±$17,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.7% ±2.7% (10,805  ±2,961.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.4% ±5.2% (69,793  ±4,114.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.7% ±2.8% (19,647  ±2,169.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.6% ±1.3% (5,189  ±1,448) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±1.3% (6,031  ±1,113) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,031 Total veterans ±1,113 5,576 Male ±1,003 455 Female ±317

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