Hendron vs Paducah

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

Hendron 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 4,840 in Hendron). Hendron has the higher median household income ($64,777 vs $51,243 in Paducah). Hendron has the higher median home value ($197,900 vs $164,600 in Paducah).

Population, income & housing

	Hendron	Paducah
Population	4,840	26,894
Median age	44.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,777	$51,243
Median home value	$197,900	$164,600
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	2,251	13,955
Homeownership rate	75.7%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendron	Paducah
Population	5,228 → 4,840 (-7.4%)	24,894 → 26,894 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$54,779 → $64,777 (+18.3%)	$39,266 → $51,243 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $197,900 (+20.0%)	$118,400 → $164,600 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $975 (+29.3%)	$657 → $817 (+24.4%)

Hendron

Population

5,2284,840

Median household income

$54,779$64,777

Median home value

$164,900$197,900

Median gross rent

$754$975

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)

	Hendron	Paducah
Under 5	9.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.9%
75 and over	15.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendron	Paducah
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	70.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendron	Paducah
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendron	Paducah
Drove alone	91.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendron	Paducah
1-unit, detached	62.0%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	20.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hendron	Paducah
Poverty rate	1.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1983	1966