SorghoKY
2,960 people live in this town, settled in 1883.
Is Sorgho a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. The weak point is walkability (D−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is incomes: the median household earns $122K. At about $276K, a typical home costs 4.1 years of the Owensboro metro’s $68K median household income. Overall, that makes a C, better than 32% of U.S. towns. That places it 88th of 138 in Kentucky. Hazard risk is weaker too (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.
99% of working residents leave Sorgho for work
Where Sorgho’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sorgho grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Sorgho is from typical.
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Moving to Sorgho: who provides what
Sorgho is unincorporated, so Daviess County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sorgho.
Sorgho looks healthier within Kentucky than nationally and has household incomes well above the Kentucky norm, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Kentucky (mostly inland flooding).
The biggest natural risk in Sorgho is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Kentucky towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 60% of Sorgho’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sorgho’s schools rank ahead of 60% of Kentucky districts
Public schools: the Daviess County school district. Its one school is below. Sorgho’s only public school teaches 341 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorgho Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 341 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
More children than Kentucky overall
The median household earns $121,579, against $63,726 across Kentucky, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
Only 7 of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Sorgho. Its age of the median resident is 33.8 years, below both Kentucky’s towns (37.6 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Here, 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 28% in Kentucky as a whole.
| Sorgho | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.1% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 33.8 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 44% and 74% women
The Census survey reached too few of Sorgho’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Sorgho | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 26.2% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.2% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.7% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.4% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.7% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.6% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 21.3% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Sorgho work out of town
In Sorgho, 1.4% of working residents work locally, below both the Kentucky town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Employers in Sorgho added 282 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 313. Among 142 Kentucky towns, just 7 have a higher typical household income than Sorgho, but for residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 8.4%.
| Sorgho | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $122,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Sorgho
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 25° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Sorgho trails 59% of U.S. towns
Within Kentucky it is healthier than 63% of the 141 graded towns: much of Kentucky scores lower on these measures. Against the 5,514 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sorgho’s, it is less healthy than 93%, so it trails even them.
Among adults in Sorgho, 29% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults locally: 19% smoke cigarettes, 14% binge drink.
| Sorgho | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Sorgho | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A larger share of households in Sorgho own their home than in the typical Kentucky or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sorgho
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Sorgho
About 1 of every 100 Sorgho residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
About Sorgho
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Sorgho, Kentucky, originally named and known as Sorghotown, the boundaries of this unincorporated community were described in an order dated 12 May 1874, by Daviess County, Kentucky Judge Triplett, worded as follows: " Upon the application of ten voters to be effected by the change hereinafter specified; and it appearing to the Court right and proper that said change should be made; and further that the requirements of the law as to notice before application has been complied with, – it is therefore ordered that an additional voting precinct be and the same is hereby established in Daviess County (Kentucky), in District No. 1, to be called and known as 'Sorghotown Voting Place'...." The com…
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 397 ft
Questions about Sorgho
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sorgho, KY a good place to live?
Sorgho grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #88 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Sorgho, KY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $276,000, 19% above the Kentucky typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.