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Beattyville, KY

2,095 Population
2.3 square miles 912.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 43.6 ±1.5
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,094 ±$3,205 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lee County: $21,415 † ±$2,702
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$22,880 ±$7,303 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lee County: $37,568 † ±$4,248
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42.2% ±16.8% (423  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 27.4% † 1,707 (±4.5% / ±282)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±9 (7,385  ±3,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lee County: 43.4 † 94,680 (±8.8 / ±21,304)
  • 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

427 ±106 Number of households
  • Lee County: 2,595 ±144
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (1,003  ±267) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 2.4 6,236 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • 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

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

Housing

476 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 3,229 ±21
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,600 ±$17,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lee County: $83,900 ±$7,275
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

36.5% ±7% (765  ±177.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 16% † 1,171 (±3.1% / ±228.4)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

65.6% ±10.3% (1,129  ±216.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 75.1% 4,123 (±6.5% / ±362.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.4% ±3.4% (76  ±58.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 9.3% † 508 (±2.3% / ±128.3)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 10 percent of 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

2.1% ±1.6% (44  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 0.8% 55
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±2.5% (86  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 5.7% † 342 (±1.9% / ±115)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±48 86 Male ±48 N/A Female ±13

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