Maysville, KY

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

2022 Population

17,068

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

42.1

1.2% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

18.7%

15.1% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$48,460

0.736% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$156,600

Population & Diversity

Maysville, KY is home to a population of 17.1k people, from which 99.2% are citizens.

As of 2022, 1.55% of Maysville, KY residents were born outside of the country (264 people).

In 2022, there were 13 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (15k people) in Maysville, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.16k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 382 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.2%

2022 Citizenship

99.2%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 99.2% of Maysville, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Maysville, KY was 99.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Maysville, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Maysville, KY

White (Non-Hispanic)
15k ± 16
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
1.16k ± 177
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
382 ± 197

2.2%

Hispanic Population

375 people

2.2% of the people in Maysville, KY are hispanic (375 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Maysville, KY as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Kentucky.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
34,417 ± 4,537 people
Cuba
21,613 ± 3,601 people
India
11,987 ± 2,684 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kentucky was Mexico, the natal country of 34,417 Kentucky residents, followed by Cuba with 21,613 and India with 11,987.

Foreign-Born Population

1.55%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

264 people

1.63%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

279 people

As of 2022, 1.55% of Maysville, KY residents (264 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Maysville, KY was 1.63%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Maysville, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
330 ± 104
Gulf War (2001-)
201 ± 117
Gulf War (1990s)
83 ± 65

Maysville, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.64 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Maysville, KY.

Economy

The economy of Maysville, KY employs 7.27k people. In 2022, the largest industries in Maysville, KY were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,287 people), Manufacturing (1,245 people), and Retail Trade (1,109 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($114,046), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($77,125), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($75,313).

Employment

Occupations

7.27k

2022 Value

± 613

2.15%

1 Year growth

± 11.7%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Maysville, KY grew at a rate of 2.15%, from 7.12k employees to 7.27k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Maysville, KY, are Sales & Related Occupations (747 people), Production Occupations (744 people), and Management Occupations (724 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Maysville, 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

7.27k

2022 Value

± 613

2.15%

1 Year growth

± 11.7%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Maysville, KY grew at a rate of 2.15%, from 7.12k employees to 7.27k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Maysville, KY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,287 people), Manufacturing (1,245 people), and Retail Trade (1,109 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Maysville, KY, though some of these residents may live in Maysville, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$40,846

Median earning men ± $7,631

$28,926

Median earning women ± $2,151

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($102,722), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($76,979), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($75,865).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Information ($50,795), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,550), and Manufacturing ($46,723).

Employment by Industry Sector

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

Y-Axis

2.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

40
Other Services (except Public Administration)
35
Retail Trade
22
Finance and Insurance

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$59.3k
Manufacturing
$53.2k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$36k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Maysville, KY was $156,600 in 2022, which is 0.471 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $144,300 to $156,600, a 8.52% increase. The homeownership rate in Maysville, KY is 68.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Maysville, KY have an average commute time of 25.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Maysville, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$156,600

Median Property Value 2022

±$15,608

$4,596

Median Property Taxes

±$425

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 Maysville, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

68.6%

Homeownership

2022

64.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 68.6% of the housing units in Maysville, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Maysville, 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.

$48,460

Median Household Income

± $3,700

6.7k

Number of Households

± 540

In 2022, the median household income of the 6.7k households in Maysville, KY grew to $48,460 from the previous year's value of $48,106.

The following chart displays the households in Maysville, 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 $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Maysville, 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 2022

Drove Alone (88.2%)
Worked At Home (5.46%)
Carpooled (3.83%)

In 2022, 88.2% of workers in Maysville, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (5.46%) and those who carpooled to work (3.83%).

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

25.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Maysville, KY have a shorter commute time (25.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.99% of the workforce in Maysville, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

18.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Maysville, KY (3.14k out of 16.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females < 5 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Maysville, KY is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.

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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