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Mount Vernon CCD, Rockcastle County, KY

10,444 Population
162.8 square miles 64.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rockcastle County: 42.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,223 ±$3,190 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rockcastle County: $27,074 ±$2,410
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,821 ±$5,935 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rockcastle County: $48,862 † ±$4,995
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±3.8% (2,066  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rockcastle County: 25.6% † 4,033 (±3.5% / ±552)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±2.6 (91,420  ±13,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rockcastle County: 26.4 139,465 (±1.8 / ±13,135)
  • 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

4,341 ±277 Number of households
  • Rockcastle County: 6,534 ±256
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (10,146  ±511) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rockcastle County: 2.4 15,840 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±3.8% (151  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Rockcastle County: 6.6% † 231 (±3.1% / ±108)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,928 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Rockcastle County: 7,391 ±27
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$140,000 ±$20,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rockcastle County: $123,600 † ±$15,161
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.7% (1,088  ±277.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rockcastle County: 10.5% † 1,671 (±2.1% / ±329.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±4.7% (6,370  ±459.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rockcastle County: 83.4% 9,594 (±4.8% / ±555.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±2.8% (1,304  ±217) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rockcastle County: 13.8% † 1,582 (±2.1% / ±242.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (33  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rockcastle County: 0.4% 60
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±1.3% (418  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rockcastle County: 4.6% † 588 (±1.2% / ±149)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
418 Total veterans ±110 410 Male ±109 8 Female ±13

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