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Berea, KY Urban Area

17,001 Population
11.5 square miles 1,481.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,514 ±$2,126 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,798 ±$6,258 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.8% ±4% (3,083  ±631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±2 (149,030  ±17,844) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,957 ±293 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (15,569  ±639) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.8% (200  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,566 ±326 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,700 ±$11,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±2.8% (2,716  ±482.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.9% ±5% (8,806  ±663.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±3.4% (2,912  ±371.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

2.2% ±0.8% (367  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.5% (766  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
766 Total veterans ±195 681 Male ±174 85 Female ±51

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