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Elkton, KY

1,924 Population
2.8 square miles 683.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±11 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Todd County: 36.1 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,858 ±$6,514 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Todd County: $32,149 ±$3,006
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,777 ±$7,597 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Todd County: $61,103 ±$4,335
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±7.8% (321  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Todd County: 20.9% † 2,560 (±4.8% / ±586)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±4.2 (15,635  ±4,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Todd County: 27.8 † 124,765 (±3.4 / ±18,406)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

795 ±142 Number of households
  • Todd County: 4,559 ±151
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,779  ±329) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Todd County: 2.7 12,298 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±9.8% (30  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Todd County: 7.6% † 205 (±3.3% / ±91)
  • about 1.4 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

913 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Todd County: 5,187 ±20
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,000 ±$56,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Todd County: $166,700 ±$16,005
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±5.7% (228  ±116) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Todd County: 4.9% † 607 (±1.5% / ±186.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±6.2% (1,267  ±227.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Todd County: 82.4% 6,703 (±5.8% / ±479.9)
  • 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)
16.7% ±5.4% (245  ±88.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Todd County: 16.5% † 1,345 (±2.7% / ±220.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.8% ±4.1% (73  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Todd County: 2.6% 321
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.9% ±6.3% (225  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Todd County: 6.8% † 614 (±1.8% / ±160)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
225 Total veterans ±102 174 Male ±95 51 Female ±50

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