Paducah vs Reidland

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

Paducah and Reidland 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 4,887 in Reidland). Reidland has the higher median household income ($83,764 vs $51,243 in Paducah). Reidland has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $164,600 in Paducah).

Population, income & housing

	Paducah	Reidland
Population	26,894	4,887
Median age	43.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,243	$83,764
Median home value	$164,600	$214,600
Median gross rent	$817	$1,056
Housing units	13,955	2,114
Homeownership rate	54.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paducah	Reidland
Population	24,894 → 26,894 (+8.0%)	4,265 → 4,887 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$39,266 → $51,243 (+30.5%)	$64,482 → $83,764 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $164,600 (+39.0%)	$156,700 → $214,600 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $817 (+24.4%)	$710 → $1,056 (+48.7%)

Paducah

Population

24,89426,894

Median household income

$39,266$51,243

Median home value

$118,400$164,600

Median gross rent

$657$817

Reidland

Population

4,2654,887

Median household income

$64,482$83,764

Median home value

$156,700$214,600

Median gross rent

$710$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paducah	Reidland
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paducah	Reidland
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	20.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paducah	Reidland
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paducah	Reidland
Drove alone	79.3%	92.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paducah	Reidland
1-unit, detached	60.9%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Paducah	Reidland
Poverty rate	21.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1966	1978