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Bluegrass Area Development District (Central)--Lexington-Fayette County (South) PUMA, KY

98,000 Population
63.1 square miles 1,554.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,857 ±$3,252 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,514 ±$8,025 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±3.6% (9,134  ±3,525) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,056,845  ±57,657) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

44,261 ±2,981 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (97,322  ±7,531) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±3.3% (1,256  ±831) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,019 ±3,101 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$299,600 ±$17,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.5% ±5.2% (16,932  ±5,158.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.5% ±3.1% (62,543  ±4,510.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
53.2% ±3.8% (34,822  ±3,355.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

13.1% ±3.8% (12,344  ±3,561) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 291,544 (±0.1% / ±5,642.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

13.8% ±3.7% (13,533  ±3,806) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±1% (3,107  ±770) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,107 Total veterans ±770 3,011 Male ±758 96 Female ±117

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