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Owensboro Independent School District, KY

29,731 Population
7.5 square miles 3,953.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Daviess County: 38.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,438 ±$3,255 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Daviess County: $36,554 ±$1,440
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,558 ±$3,689 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Daviess County: $68,214 ±$2,332
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.3% ±3.4% (6,630  ±1,011) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Daviess County: 14.7% 14,874 (±1.4% / ±1,422)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±1 (181,630  ±18,226) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Daviess County: 19.3 853,535 (±0.6 / ±34,993)
  • 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

12,295 ±635 Number of households
  • Daviess County: 41,639 ±432
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (28,278  ±1,399) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Daviess County: 2.4 101,148 (±0 / ±65)
  • 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

5.7% ±2.7% (388  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Daviess County: 7.4% † 1,707 (±1.7% / ±402)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,523 ±625 Number of housing units
  • Daviess County: 44,431 ±87
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,700 ±$7,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Daviess County: $199,900 ±$6,812
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±2.3% (3,913  ±705.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Daviess County: 11.4% † 11,688 (±1.4% / ±1,380.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±3.3% (17,018  ±985.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Daviess County: 91.9% 63,968 (±2.6% / ±1,796.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±2.3% (4,244  ±483.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Daviess County: 26.2% 18,266 (±1.3% / ±934)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

5.6% ±1.3% (1,661  ±399) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Daviess County: 3.9% 3,996
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±0.9% (1,118  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Daviess County: 6.7% 5,241 (±0.6% / ±500)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,118 Total veterans ±210 1,061 Male ±205 57 Female ±49

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