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Paintsville, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Paintsville is a Census city of 4,203 people across 6.63 square miles of land, in Johnson County. Median household income is $28,257, 42.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Paintsville
What Paintsville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.63 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land634
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paintsville
How many people live in Paintsville
- Population4,203
- Median age44.8
- Population under 18886 plus or minus 248
- Share under 1821.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over630 plus or minus 184
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,779
- Family households997
- Share of households that are families56.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paintsville
Income and work in Paintsville
- Median household income$28,257 plus or minus $9,232
- Per capita income$23,333 plus or minus $5,077
- Civilian labor force1,577
- Employed1,529
- Unemployed48 plus or minus 58
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over2,921
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paintsville
Housing in Paintsville
- Housing units2,300
- Occupied units1,779
- Vacant units521 plus or minus 199
- Vacancy rate22.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied763 plus or minus 194
- Renter occupied1,016
- Ownership rate42.9 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,100 plus or minus $33,812
- Median gross rent, monthly$637
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.1 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Single family units1,223
- Share single family53.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more950 plus or minus 270
- Share in buildings of two or more41.3 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Mobile homes127 plus or minus 100
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paintsville
How Paintsville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,340
- Commuting under 15 minutes809 plus or minus 240
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.4 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more172 plus or minus 103
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone81.5 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paintsville
SBA loans in Paintsville (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,034,000
- Average approval$433,429
- Median approval$171,000
- Largest approval$1,944,000
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Paintsville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Paintsville
Flood risk in Paintsville
- NFIP communityCity of Paintsville
- NFIP community number210127
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 9
- Currently effective map date09/16/15
The City of Paintsville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 210127 and carries Community Rating System class 9, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Johnson County, not Paintsville
Johnson County context, not Paintsville figures
- Establishments in Johnson County351
- Covered employment, Johnson County5,352
- Average annual pay, Johnson County$42,878
Every figure in this section is published for Johnson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Paintsville.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Paintsville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Paintsville, Kentucky?
4,203, in 1,779 households. Paintsville city covers 6.63 square miles of land, which is 634 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Paintsville in?
Johnson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Paintsville?
$28,257. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,100. Median gross rent is $637 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Paintsville businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totaling $3.0 m since FY2020, across 5 lenders, median approval $171,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Paintsville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Paintsville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Paintsville. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Paintsville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Paintsville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Paintsville, city of, community 210127, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Paintsville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Paintsville.
Is zoning published for Paintsville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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