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Fort Knox, KY

8,715 Population
20.3 square miles 429.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,794 ±$2,659 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $36,087 ±$1,962
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$74,224 ±$10,042 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $67,630 ±$3,097
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

8% ±4% (567  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 12.5% 15,412 (±1.1% / ±1,317)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

12.4 minutes ±1.7 (54,880  ±9,029) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.6 1,243,290 (±0.8 / ±49,859)
  • about half the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

2,202 ±261 Number of households
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 49,451 ±663
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
3.2 ±0.5 (7,074  ±821) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 2.5 123,304 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

7.5% ±4.6% (172  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,343 (±1.1% / ±311)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,468 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 53,912 ±100
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

36.6% ±5.5% (3,170  ±561.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 15% 18,757 (±1.3% / ±1,654.7)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

95.7% ±2.3% (4,077  ±455.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 91.6% 77,783 (±2.5% / ±2,148.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
42.1% ±5.2% (1,794  ±295) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.3% 19,811 (±1.3% / ±1,141)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

5.5% ±1.8% (477  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 3.6% 4,498
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

21.9% ±4.4% (595  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 14.4% 13,185 (±0.9% / ±846)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
595 Total veterans ±138 358 Male ±110 237 Female ±104

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