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Stanton, KY

3,218 Population
2.3 square miles 1,413.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Powell County: 39.3 ±0.9
  • 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

$18,076 ±$3,059 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Powell County: $23,040 ±$2,137
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$25,417 ±$6,973 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Powell County: $40,309 † ±$6,520
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26% ±9.2% (743  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Powell County: 22.5% † 2,844 (±4% / ±504)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

24.7 minutes ±4.9 (27,050  ±7,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Powell County: 26.6 118,405 (±1.7 / ±12,730)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,223 ±164 Number of households
  • Powell County: 4,790 ±234
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,855  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Powell County: 2.7 12,675 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • 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

6.6% ±6% (61  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Powell County: 10% † 306 (±4.4% / ±135)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,522 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Powell County: 5,647 ±37
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,000 ±$17,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Powell County: $141,100 † ±$17,610
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±5.4% (409  ±170) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Powell County: 11.8% † 1,507 (±3.1% / ±395.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±11.2% (2,009  ±294.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Powell County: 82% 7,223 (±6.2% / ±555.6)
  • 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)
8.1% ±3% (191  ±73) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Powell County: 13.8% † 1,214 (±2.9% / ±253.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.2% ±0.4% (6  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Powell County: 0.7% 94
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±1.2% (41  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Powell County: 5.9% † 576 (±1.4% / ±136)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±31 41 Male ±31 N/A Female ±13

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