California, KY

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

54.8

2.43% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

6.12%

114% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$77,813

1.22% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$141,700

3.05% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of California, KY employs 29 people. In 2024, the largest industries in California, KY were Construction (10 people), Educational Services (5 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (4 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($56,250), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($15,625), and Educational Services ($14,583).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 82

−35.6%

1 Year decline

± 513%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in California, KY declined at a rate of −35.6%, from 45 employees to 29 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in California, KY, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (7 people), Personal Care & Service Occupations (4 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (4 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of California, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 82

−35.6%

1 Year decline

± 513%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in California, KY declined at a rate of −35.6%, from 45 employees to 29 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in California, KY, are Construction (10 people), Educational Services (5 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (4 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of California, KY, though some of these residents may live in California, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$55,938

Median earning men ± $3,584

$15,000

Median earning women ± $1,831

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($56,563).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($15,000).

Housing & Living

The median property value in California, KY was $141,700 in 2023, which is 0.426 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $137,500 to $141,700, a 3.05% increase. The homeownership rate in California, KY is 92%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in California, KY have an average commute time of 24.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in California, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$141,700

Median Property Value 2023

±$30,049

$23

Median Property Taxes

±$30

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In California, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in California, KY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

92%

Homeownership

2024

73.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 92% of the housing units in California, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 96.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in California, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$77,813

Median Household Income

± $24,724

Number of Households

± 39

In 2024, the median household income of the 25 households in California, KY grew to $77,813 from the previous year's value of $76,875.

The following chart displays the households in California, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for California, KY is from Kentucky.

0.446

2024 Wage GINI in Kentucky

0.449

2023 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2024, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.446 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.585% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (89.7%)
Carpooled (10.3%)

In 2024, 89.7% of workers in California, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.3%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

24.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in California, KY have a shorter commute time (24.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in California, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in California, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in California, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in California, KY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.12% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in California, KY (3 out of 49 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in California, KY is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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