Princeton, KY - Profile Data - Census Reporter

6,241 Population 9 square miles 694.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

40.5 ±6.4 Median age

• a little less than the figure in Caldwell County: 42.4 ±0.9
• a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$27,952 ±$3,383 Per capita income

• about 90 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $30,830 ±$2,164
• about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245

$47,411 ±$13,154 Median household income

• about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $59,583 † ±$10,570
• about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

Poverty

15.8% ±7% (958 ±427) Persons below poverty line

• a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 15.2% † 1,887 (±4.1% / ±507)
• about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

Transportation to work

21 minutes ±3 (47,080 ±9,541) Mean travel time to work

• about 90 percent of the figure in Caldwell County: 24.4 123,980 (±2.3 / ±15,971)
• about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Households

2,367 ±165 Number of households

• Caldwell County: 5,025 ±187
• Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224

2.6 ±0.2 (6,081 ±23) Persons per household

• a little higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 2.5 12,406 (±0.1 / ±19)
• a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

Marital status

Fertility

10% ±5.4% (134 ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 8.6% † 229 (±3.7% / ±99)
• nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Units & Occupancy

2,837 ±164 Number of housing units

• Caldwell County: 6,064 ±44
• Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

Value

$96,600 ±$14,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $118,500 ±$9,284
• about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

Geographical mobility

7% ±3% (424 ±181.6) Moved since previous year

• a little higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 6.6% † 816 (±2.1% / ±259.1)
• about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Educational attainment

87.9% ±9.5% (3,630 ±447.1) High school grad or higher

• a little less than the rate in Caldwell County: 91.3% 8,081 (±6.9% / ±610.2)
• about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)

16.7% ±5% (690 ±210.7) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about the same as the rate in Caldwell County: 17.1% † 1,513 (±3.2% / ±287.4)
• about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

Language

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

Place of birth

0.5% ±0.7% (33 ±41) Foreign-born population

• about two-fifths of the rate in Caldwell County: 1.2% 152
• about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

Veteran status

9.3% ±4.2% (438 ±200) Population with veteran status

• about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 8% † 773 (±2.4% / ±229)
• about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)

438 Total veterans ±200 404 Male ±190 34 Female ±48

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