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Central City, KY Urban Area

5,473 Population
4.3 square miles 1,279.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,657 ±$3,480 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,080 ±$11,192 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.9% ±9% (1,274  ±433) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±3.9 (53,690  ±11,062) 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

1,973 ±188 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (4,736  ±249) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±5.8% (73  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,212 ±187 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$138,800 ±$36,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.2% ±6.3% (1,356  ±346.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.3% ±10.8% (3,048  ±450.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.4% ±2.8% (237  ±106) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth 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

1.1% ±0.8% (62  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±2.9% (138  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
138 Total veterans ±128 111 Male ±104 27 Female ±44

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