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Paducah city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Paducah city is a Census city of 26,845 people across 20.35 square miles of land, in McCracken County. Median household income is $49,915, 55.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 45 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34.7 m.
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Paducah
What Paducah is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.35 sq mi
- Water area0.45 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,319
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcCracken 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.
Paducah
How many people live in Paducah
- Population26,845
- Median age41.5
- Population under 185,256
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over4,744
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent
- Households11,741
- Family households5,859
- Share of households that are families49.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paducah
Income and work in Paducah
- Median household income$49,915
- Per capita income$40,311
- Civilian labor force13,229
- Employed12,696
- Unemployed533 plus or minus 171
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over19,207
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paducah
Housing in Paducah
- Housing units13,878
- Occupied units11,741
- Vacant units2,137
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent
- Owner occupied6,462
- Renter occupied5,279
- Ownership rate55.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$165,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$834
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units8,934
- Share single family64.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,441
- Share in buildings of two or more32.0 percent
- Mobile homes497 plus or minus 163
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paducah
How Paducah gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,540
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,985
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,721 plus or minus 361
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Drove alone77.4 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked3.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home7.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paducah
SBA loans in Paducah (7(a))
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$34,707,000
- Average approval$771,267
- Median approval$280,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,500,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported732
- Jobs per approval16.3
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full11
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.8 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS30
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Paducah
SBA loans in Paducah (504)
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$11,192,000
- Average approval$621,778
- Median approval$165,000
- Largest approval$4,999,000
- Jobs supported230
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off4
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
McCracken County, not Paducah
McCracken County context, not Paducah figures
These are McCracken County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Paducah measurements.
- Establishments in McCracken County2,061
- Employment at those establishments, McCracken County34,581
- Covered employment, McCracken County40,497
- Average annual pay, McCracken County$57,594
- Average weekly wage, McCracken County$1,108
- Housing units permitted, McCracken County187
- Of those, single family, McCracken County71
- County product, 2024, McCracken County$6,988,910,000
- County product change over the prior year, McCracken County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, McCracken County$52,648
Every figure in this section is published for McCracken County as a whole and is not a measurement of Paducah. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Paducah questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Paducah, Kentucky?
26,845, in 11,741 households. Paducah city covers 20.35 square miles of land, which is 1,319 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Paducah in?
McCracken 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 Paducah?
$49,915. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $165,300. Median gross rent is $834 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Paducah businesses?
45 7(a) approvals totalling $34.7 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $280,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $11.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Paducah, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Paducah borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Paducah figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McCracken 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 Paducah.
Is zoning published for Paducah?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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