Owensboro

Population & Demographics

Owensboro, KY

Owensboro is home to 60,302 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,582 resident workers commute each day.

KentuckyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
60,302
people
Population

60,302 residents

Median age 37.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Owensboro population & demographics

Who lives in Owensboro — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
60,302
Median age
37.5yrs
Median household income
$56,357
Median home value
$178,900
Median gross rent
$905/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
26.1%
Poverty rate
18.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Owensboro

How Owensboro breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White79.0%
Black6.3%
Hispanic or Latino5.6%
Two or more races5.0%
Asian2.7%
Some other race1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Owensboro

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Owensboro.

Owensboro at a glance
Employed Residents
25,582
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
27.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
50.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Evansville
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Owensboro proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Owensboro commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

83
Commute Score

83 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Owensboro

25,582 commutes, one dot at a time

Owensboro

Where 25,582 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Owensboro, by worker count.

1Owensboro0.0 mi12,973
2Evansville28.0 mi630
3Bowling Green65.4 mi498
4Henderson26.0 mi386
5Lexington-Fayette urban county144.7 mi306
6Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)84.0 mi301
7Louisville81.3 mi285
8Elizabethtown68.2 mi242

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Owensboro.

1Owensboro0.0 mi12,973
2Henderson26.0 mi529
3Masonville6.3 mi442
4Thruston5.3 mi415
5Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)84.0 mi394
6Sorgho5.6 mi391
7Bowling Green65.4 mi298
8Madisonville36.1 mi255

Top industries

The sectors that employ Owensboro’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.2%
RTRetail Trade13.3%
MFManufacturing13.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.1%
FIFinance and Insurance7.1%
EDEducational Services5.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.2%
COConstruction4.3%
WSWholesale Trade3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Owensboro

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
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