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42301

45,445 Population
173 square miles 262.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,914 ±$1,436 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $36,319 ±$1,354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$66,885 ±$3,307 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $68,002 ±$2,356
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

14.2% ±1.8% (6,283  ±834) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 14.3% 15,725 (±1.3% / ±1,400)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

18.6 minutes ±1.3 (370,750  ±33,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 20.2 963,835 (±0.6 / ±36,900)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

18,381 ±646 Number of households
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 45,280 ±452
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.4 ±0.1 (44,483  ±1,493) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 2.4 110,177 (±0 / ±64)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

6.5% ±2.5% (688  ±265) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 7.5% † 1,853 (±1.6% / ±403)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

19,762 ±569 Number of housing units
  • the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 48,604 ±95
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$198,200 ±$8,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: $195,400 ±$5,338
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

12.5% ±2.1% (5,657  ±961.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 11% † 12,262 (±1.3% / ±1,394.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

92% ±3.1% (27,479  ±1,266.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 91.9% 69,784 (±2.4% / ±1,810.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
26.5% ±2.1% (7,915  ±669.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 25.5% 19,333 (±1.2% / ±944.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.1% ±1.2% (2,335  ±562) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 3.6% 4,046
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.8% ±0.9% (1,965  ±318) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area: 6.7% 5,671 (±0.6% / ±493)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
1,965 Total veterans ±318 1,773 Male ±285 192 Female ±117

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