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Oldham County, KY

70,525 Population
187.3 square miles 376.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,887 ±$4,059 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$122,192 ±$7,265 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.3% ±2.4% (4,810  ±1,574) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.2 minutes ±0.7 (707,965  ±27,055) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,062 ±343 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (66,311  ±502) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.4% ±2% (349  ±298) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

24,503 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$405,500 ±$21,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±3% (7,811  ±2,101.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.4% ±6.4% (45,329  ±3,084.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
46.2% ±4.3% (21,936  ±2,084) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% (3,192  ±951) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.7% (3,642  ±921) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,642 Total veterans ±921 3,389 Male ±921 253 Female ±178

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