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West Point, KY

1,131 Population
2.7 square miles 424.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,504 ±$4,299 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $36,087 ±$1,962
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$37,260 ±$12,922 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $67,630 ±$3,097
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

28.4% ±13.3% (320  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 12.5% 15,412 (±1.1% / ±1,317)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

28.3 minutes ±10.2 (12,350  ±3,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.6 1,243,290 (±0.8 / ±49,859)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

452 ±94 Number of households
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 49,451 ±663
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.5 ±0.7 (1,131  ±200) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 2.5 123,304 (±0 / ±198)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

2.9% ±4% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,343 (±1.1% / ±311)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

565 ±98 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 53,912 ±100
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$68,200 ±$41,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $201,100 ±$6,924
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

7.9% ±3.7% (89  ±44.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 15% 18,757 (±1.3% / ±1,654.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

84.6% ±6.2% (616  ±124.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 91.6% 77,783 (±2.5% / ±2,148.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
19.6% ±9.6% (143  ±74.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.3% 19,811 (±1.3% / ±1,141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.1% ±7.8% (96  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 14.4% 13,185 (±0.9% / ±846)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
96 Total veterans ±64 96 Male ±64 N/A Female ±13

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