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Beattyville, KY

1,948 Population
2.3 square miles 848.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 43.4 ±2
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$11,489 ±$2,487 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lee County: $19,697 † ±$3,082
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$23,750 ±$11,964 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lee County: $34,182 ±$2,140
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

40.4% ±15.8% (435  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lee County: 28.9% † 1,876 (±6% / ±389)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

25.5 minutes ±5.5 (8,285  ±3,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lee County: 42.1 † 91,085 (±9.8 / ±23,086)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

454 ±95 Number of households
  • Lee County: 2,606 ±137
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.3 (1,078  ±266) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 2.5 6,493 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

535 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 3,227 ±21
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$106,800 ±$10,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lee County: $82,100 ±$7,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

38.2% ±6.7% (745  ±167.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 15.3% † 1,130 (±3% / ±223)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

65.5% ±8.3% (1,014  ±176.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 74.2% 4,098 (±6.7% / ±371.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
4.5% ±3.6% (69  ±56.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lee County: 7.5% † 416 (±2.3% / ±126.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.3% ±1.1% (25  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 0.4% 29
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

4.5% ±3% (74  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lee County: 6.7% † 398 (±1.8% / ±106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
74 Total veterans ±50 71 Male ±49 3 Female ±6

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