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30,856 Population
74.2 square miles 415.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,963 ±$4,632 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $37,011 ±$1,760
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,365 ±$6,533 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $64,160 ±$1,981
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±2.7% (4,610  ±836) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 15.7% 15,789 (±1.4% / ±1,357)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±1.3 (219,290  ±22,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 20 842,055 (±0.7 / ±36,141)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,277 ±585 Number of households
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 41,735 ±741
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (30,452  ±1,395) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 2.4 101,007 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.9% (214  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 3.6% † 778 (±1% / ±223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,942 ±500 Number of housing units
  • the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 49,751 ±67
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,300 ±$12,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: $168,700 ±$4,577
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±2.2% (3,554  ±702) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 9.3% † 9,449 (±0.9% / ±962.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±2.7% (20,847  ±1,081.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 92.6% 67,604 (±2.3% / ±1,673.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.2% ±2.6% (7,743  ±664.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 24.7% 18,034 (±1.3% / ±910.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about the same as 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% ±0.7% (682  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 1.7% 1,786
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.1% (1,657  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,669 (±0.5% / ±438)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,657 Total veterans ±277 1,548 Male ±241 109 Female ±90

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