Owensboro is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 54,138 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Owensboro is the third largest community in Kentucky.

Owensboro is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Owensboro is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Owensboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.00%), sales jobs (11.12%), and management occupations (7.03%).

One of the benefits of Owensboro is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.48 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Owensboro is a very car-oriented city: 96.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Owensboro is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Owensboro Information and Demographics

The population of Owensboro overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Owensboro, 17.77% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Owensboro in 2000 was $17,968, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,872 for a family of four.

The people who call Owensboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Owensboro is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Owensboro include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Owensboro is English.