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Leitchfield, KY Urban Area

6,129 Population
5.5 square miles 1,122.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,104 ±$2,326 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,375 ±$7,557 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.4% ±8.4% (1,639  ±494) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±3.2 (42,885  ±9,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,519 ±255 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (5,556  ±508) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±3.4% (53  ±45) 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

2,850 ±260 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,700 ±$34,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±5.7% (1,146  ±354.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.5% ±8.6% (3,565  ±504.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.4% ±4% (482  ±190) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter 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

1.7% ±1.6% (102  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±2.6% (426  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
426 Total veterans ±139 419 Male ±136 7 Female ±10

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