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Massac, Kentucky.

A community in McCracken County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see McCracken County’s.

Living in Massac, McCracken County, Kentucky

Massac, in McCracken County, had 4,635 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,560 a year and half less, against $64,373 across McCracken County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in McCracken County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 4,635 in the 2020 census; median age 33.7
Household income $92,560 the median, give or take $21,529 · McCracken County: $64,373
Unemployment 4.0% McCracken County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 68% lived in by their owners; 32% rented
  • 1,821households
  • 49%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 16 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McCracken County had 40,975 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 27°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 27° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 27°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 45° 27° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 9 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Paducah weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in McCracken County

  1. Ingram barge CompanyFreight transportation, inland waters2,705
  2. Baptist Health PaducahGeneral hospital1,142FTE
  3. McCracken County SchoolsSchool district924FTE
  4. Mercy Health Lourdes HospitalGeneral hospital798FTE
  5. Paducah Independent SchoolsSchool district465FTE
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters426
  7. West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeTwo-year college406
  8. Triangle EnterprisesBoiler and pipe insulation installation385

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 100 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,254 people in all across the county; Massac has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Heat wavesRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Cold wavesRelatively high
  6. LightningRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Massac’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on McCracken County.