With 67,564 people, McCracken County is a county in Kentucky. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $188,100. At a median age of 42.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. Renters pay $898 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,373, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 29%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about McCracken County
What changed most since 1990
White share89.0% → 81.1%(−7.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.9%(702)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.4%(944)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.2%(1,454)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.6%(98)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.9%(69)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,712 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
McCracken County, decade by decade
McCracken County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
62,879
$54,256
$113,763
14.3%
24.8
2000
65,514
$61,690
$145,368
18.1%
30.6
2010
65,565
$59,888
$154,646
21.0%
35.3
2020
67,875
$56,979
$175,988
25.6%
44.6
2024
67,564
$64,373
$188,100
29.0%
41.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
