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Berea, KY Urban Area

16,978 Population
11.5 square miles 1,479.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,331 ±$2,572 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$54,770 ±$7,170 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22.8% ±5.4% (3,544  ±863) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.2 minutes ±2.4 (163,440  ±21,678) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,083 ±328 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (15,531  ±910) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.5% ±1.6% (216  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,567 ±307 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$173,200 ±$12,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.1% ±3.2% (3,033  ±562.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.6% ±4.3% (8,999  ±673.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
26.9% ±3% (2,795  ±351.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.5% ±1% (419  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5% ±1.2% (655  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
655 Total veterans ±165 604 Male ±159 51 Female ±40

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