What is the population of Stanford city?

Stanford city has 3,662 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #110 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Stanford city?

Median household income in Stanford city is $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stanford city?

Median gross rent is $683 a month and the median home value is $154,000, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.

Is Stanford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stanford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Stanford, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Stanford, Kentucky (Stanford, KY — Census place “Stanford city”) is 3,662 residents, ranking #110 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $55,000, the median home is worth $154,000 and median gross rent runs $683 a month. Looking for the Stanford Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stanford, KY: 40484.

Population: 3,662Stanford city residents
Median household income: $55,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $154,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $683Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.3%Owner-occupied households

Stanford ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stanford.

The Stanford KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

40484

What the numbers mean in Stanford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Stanford city median would spend about 14.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.2% of residents and 67.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Stanford city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Stanford city is a small town in Kentucky, with 3,662 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #110 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 46.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Stanford city earn a median of $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Stanford city is valued at $154,000, 49.2% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $683 a month, 51.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,196 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Stanford city?: Stanford city has 3,662 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #110 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Stanford city?: Median household income in Stanford city is $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stanford city?: Median gross rent is $683 a month and the median home value is $154,000, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
Is Stanford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stanford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Stanford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.