Farley vs Paducah

A side-by-side comparison of Farley and Paducah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paducah has the higher population (26,894 vs 4,402 in Farley). Paducah has the higher median household income ($51,243 vs $45,676 in Farley). Paducah has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $82,400 in Farley).

Population, income & housing

	Farley	Paducah
Population	4,402	26,894
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,676	$51,243
Median home value	$82,400	$164,600
Median gross rent	$772	$817
Housing units	2,070	13,955
Homeownership rate	75.2%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farley	Paducah
Population	4,245 → 4,402 (+3.7%)	24,894 → 26,894 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$34,599 → $45,676 (+32.0%)	$39,266 → $51,243 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $82,400 (+18.1%)	$118,400 → $164,600 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $772 (+8.3%)	$657 → $817 (+24.4%)

Farley

Population

4,2454,402

Median household income

$34,599$45,676

Median home value

$69,800$82,400

Median gross rent

$713$772

Paducah

Population

24,89426,894

Median household income

$39,266$51,243

Median home value

$118,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$657$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farley	Paducah
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.9%
75 and over	7.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farley	Paducah
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	70.5%
Black or African American	5.0%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farley	Paducah
No high school diploma	14.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farley	Paducah
Drove alone	81.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farley	Paducah
1-unit, detached	56.9%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	37.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Farley	Paducah
Poverty rate	31.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1980	1966