Owensboro vs Sorgho

A side-by-side comparison of Owensboro and Sorgho: population, income, housing, and more.

Owensboro and Sorgho are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Owensboro has the higher population (60,112 vs 2,928 in Sorgho). Sorgho has the higher median household income ($118,688 vs $53,295 in Owensboro). Sorgho has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $162,900 in Owensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Owensboro	Sorgho
Population	60,112	2,928
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,295	$118,688
Median home value	$162,900	$252,800
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	27,214	857
Homeownership rate	55.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensboro	Sorgho
Population	59,536 → 60,112 (+1.0%)	2,208 → 2,928 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$43,369 → $53,295 (+22.9%)	$107,427 → $118,688 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $162,900 (+43.7%)	$223,400 → $252,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	—

Owensboro

Population

59,53660,112

Median household income

$43,369$53,295

Median home value

$113,400$162,900

Median gross rent

$769$900

Sorgho

Population

2,2082,928

Median household income

$107,427$118,688

Median home value

$223,400$252,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owensboro	Sorgho
Under 5	6.6%	12.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.5%
75 and over	8.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensboro	Sorgho
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	97.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owensboro	Sorgho
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensboro	Sorgho
Drove alone	81.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensboro	Sorgho
1-unit, detached	68.9%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Owensboro	Sorgho
Poverty rate	19.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.31	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1972	2011