Summer Shade, KY

Census Place

2024 Population

532

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

32.6

3.16% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

55.8%

9.79% 1-year increase

2019 Median Household Income

$23,828

13.7% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$113,400

Housing & Living

People in Summer Shade, KY have an average commute time of 56 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Summer Shade, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$113,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$44,843

$169

Median Property Taxes

±$111

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

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

Rent vs Own

76.8%

Homeownership

2024

67.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 76.8% of the housing units in Summer Shade, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 73.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Summer Shade, 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.

$23,828

Median Household Income

± $15,065

220

Number of Households

± 132

In 2019, the median household income of the 220 households in Summer Shade, KY declined from $23,828 from the previous year's value of $27,614.

The following chart displays the households in Summer Shade, 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 Summer Shade, 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 (92.7%)
Carpooled (7.33%)

In 2024, 92.7% of workers in Summer Shade, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.33%) 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

56 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Summer Shade, KY have a longer commute time (56 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 17.2% of the workforce in Summer Shade, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

55.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Summer Shade, KY (297 out of 532 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 Males 35 - 44, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Summer Shade, 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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