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Scott County, KY

58,269 Population
282.2 square miles 206.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,096 ±$1,231 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$83,660 ±$3,520 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.4% ±1.4% (5,933  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.7 minutes ±0.7 (564,385  ±25,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

22,119 ±294 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0 (57,103  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.5% ±1.4% (938  ±209) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,335 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$264,200 ±$8,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.3% ±1.8% (9,372  ±1,056.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.3% ±3.1% (36,233  ±1,197.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
33.3% ±1.8% (12,774  ±686.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.8% (1,654  ±302) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.9% ±0.8% (3,041  ±368) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,041 Total veterans ±368 2,855 Male ±351 186 Female ±79

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