Massac vs Paducah

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

Massac 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 4,937 in Massac). Massac has the higher median household income ($75,103 vs $51,243 in Paducah). Massac has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $164,600 in Paducah).

Population, income & housing

	Massac	Paducah
Population	4,937	26,894
Median age	30.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,103	$51,243
Median home value	$215,000	$164,600
Median gross rent	$869	$817
Housing units	1,944	13,955
Homeownership rate	63.1%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massac	Paducah
Population	5,064 → 4,937 (-2.5%)	24,894 → 26,894 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$33,859 → $75,103 (+121.8%)	$39,266 → $51,243 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$185,400 → $215,000 (+16.0%)	$118,400 → $164,600 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $869 (+11.8%)	$657 → $817 (+24.4%)

Massac

Population

5,0644,937

Median household income

$33,859$75,103

Median home value

$185,400$215,000

Median gross rent

$777$869

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)

	Massac	Paducah
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.9%
75 and over	8.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massac	Paducah
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	13.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massac	Paducah
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massac	Paducah
Drove alone	84.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massac	Paducah
1-unit, detached	57.3%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	29.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Massac	Paducah
Poverty rate	12.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1986	1966