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Ghent, KY

286 Population
0.7 square miles 402.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carroll County: 38.5 ±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

$28,538 ±$7,696 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Carroll County: $29,735 ±$2,218
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,188 ±$36,124 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Carroll County: $56,466 † ±$12,944
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±11.1% (59  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carroll County: 23.1% † 2,472 (±4.4% / ±465)
  • about 1.3 times 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)

25.4 minutes ±8.3 (3,905  ±2,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carroll County: 23.3 † 95,240 (±2.3 / ±12,729)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

119 ±35 Number of households
  • Carroll County: 4,178 ±178
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (286  ±109) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Carroll County: 2.6 10,646 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±7.1% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Carroll County: 6.8% † 154 (±3.2% / ±72)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

148 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Carroll County: 4,693 ±17
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,300 ±$23,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Carroll County: $140,900 † ±$32,998
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±9.7% (24  ±29.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Carroll County: 8.5% † 923 (±2.9% / ±311.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75% ±9.6% (165  ±60) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carroll County: 83.6% 6,013 (±7.1% / ±520.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.3% ±14.2% (16  ±31.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carroll County: 11.4% † 817 (±2.7% / ±192.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-fifth 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

4.9% ±8.2% (14  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Carroll County: 2.8% 301
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±3.3% (13  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Carroll County: 5.2% † 419 (±1.5% / ±124)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±9 13 Male ±9 N/A Female ±13

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