Middlesborough, KY

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

2024 Population

23,509

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

41.7

1.21% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

28.8%

6.34% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$31,354

3.24% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$89,000

Population & Diversity

Middlesborough, KY is home to a population of 23.5k people, from which 99.9% are citizens.

As of 2024, 0.417% of Middlesborough, KY residents were born outside of the country (98 people).

In 2024, there were 30.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.8k people) in Middlesborough, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 705 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 662 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.9%

2024 Citizenship

99.9%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.9% of Middlesborough, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Middlesborough, KY was 99.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Middlesborough, KY

White (Non-Hispanic)
21.8k ± 76
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
705 ± 175
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
662 ± 152

0.485%

Hispanic Population

114 people

0.485% of the people in Middlesborough, KY are hispanic (114 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Middlesborough, 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

0.417%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

98 people

0.268%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

64 people

As of 2024, 0.417% of Middlesborough, KY residents (98 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Middlesborough, KY was 0.268%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
257 ± 121
Gulf War (2001-)
196 ± 103
Gulf War (1990s)
139 ± 119

Middlesborough, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.31 times greater than any other conflict.

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

Economy

The economy of Middlesborough, KY employs 7.26k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Middlesborough, KY were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,159 people), Manufacturing (957 people), and Retail Trade (860 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($85,202), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($68,947), and Wholesale Trade ($64,112).

Employment

Occupations

7.26k

2024 Value

± 667

1.78%

1 Year growth

± 12.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Middlesborough, KY grew at a rate of 1.78%, from 7.14k employees to 7.26k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Middlesborough, KY, are Production Occupations (686 people), Sales & Related Occupations (654 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (635 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Middlesborough, 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

7.26k

2024 Value

± 667

1.78%

1 Year growth

± 12.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Middlesborough, KY grew at a rate of 1.78%, from 7.14k employees to 7.26k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Middlesborough, KY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,159 people), Manufacturing (957 people), and Retail Trade (860 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Middlesborough, KY, though some of these residents may live in Middlesborough, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$41,620

Median earning men ± $2,358

$26,080

Median earning women ± $2,171

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($175,167), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($85,645), and Wholesale Trade ($64,605).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($36,328), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($35,511), and Public Administration ($33,889).

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

42
Retail Trade
41
Retail Trade
31
Other Services (except Public Administration)

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

$61.3k
Manufacturing
$54.5k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$44.8k
Retail Trade

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

Education

The student population of Middlesborough, KY in 2024 is skewed towards men, with 162 male students and 21 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Middlesborough, KY are White (22 and 95.7%) and Hispanic or Latino (1 and 4.35%).

The largest universities in Middlesborough, KY by number of degrees awarded are Clear Creek Baptist Bible College (23 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Middlesborough, KY are Biblical Studies (23 and 100%).

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $9,750.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 183 students enrolled in Middlesborough, KY, 88.5% men and 11.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 170 records, of which 10.6% were women and 89.4% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Biblical Studies

Most Common

11 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Middlesborough, KY was Biblical Studies with 11 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Middlesborough, KY according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

23 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Clear Creek Baptist Bible College with 23 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2024, 18 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Middlesborough, KY, which is 3.6 times more than the 5 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 22 degrees mean that there were 22 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 1 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($9,750) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($970) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,400) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Middlesborough, KY was $89,000 in 2024, which is 0.268 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $83,000 to $89,000, a 7.23% increase. The homeownership rate in Middlesborough, KY is 58.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Middlesborough, KY have an average commute time of 22.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Middlesborough, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$89,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$6,214

$5,847

Median Property Taxes

±$579

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

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

Rent vs Own

58.8%

Homeownership

2024

65.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 58.8% of the housing units in Middlesborough, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 61.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Middlesborough, 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.

$31,354

Median Household Income

± $3,340

9.94k

Number of Households

± 781

In 2024, the median household income of the 9.94k households in Middlesborough, KY declined from $31,354 from the previous year's value of $32,403.

The following chart displays the households in Middlesborough, 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 < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Middlesborough, 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 (72.3%)
Carpooled (16.7%)
Walked (5.64%)

In 2024, 72.3% of workers in Middlesborough, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (16.7%) and those who walked to work (5.64%).

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

22.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Middlesborough, KY have a shorter commute time (22.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.93% of the workforce in Middlesborough, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

28.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Middlesborough, KY (6.55k out of 22.7k 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 45 - 54 and then Males 18 - 24.

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

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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