Middlesborough is a metro area of 23,509 people. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The poverty rate is 28.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. On income it ranks near the bottom among US metro areas. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $89,000. Households take in $31,354 at the median, 62% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $31,354, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Middlesborough
What changed most since 1990
White share97.0% → 92.6%(−4.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population31,506 → 23,509(−25%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.3% → 15.8%(+6.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Among the 21 metro and micro areas based in Kentucky
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)27.5%(196)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30.3%(216)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.7%(262)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.5%(32)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.5%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 714 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
Middlesborough, decade by decade
Middlesborough 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
31,506
$31,388
$84,482
9.3%
7.3
2000
30,060
$34,715
$75,963
9.0%
10.6
2010
28,691
$35,567
$92,788
11.3%
11.8
2020
24,097
$34,473
$76,116
9.5%
17.7
2024
23,509
$31,354
$89,000
15.8%
17.5
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.
