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West Point, KY

1,025 Population
2.7 square miles 384.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,427 ±$4,397 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $36,675 ±$2,004
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,449 ±$8,361 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $67,534 ±$2,372
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.1% ±13.9% (328  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 13.6% 16,903 (±1.3% / ±1,660)
  • about double 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)

28 minutes ±9.2 (11,990  ±2,703) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.1 1,203,860 (±0.6 / ±49,035)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

452 ±103 Number of households
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 50,618 ±700
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (1,025  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 2.5 123,924 (±0 / ±236)
  • 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

8.3% ±7.9% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 4.7% † 1,374 (±1% / ±291)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

562 ±107 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 54,681 ±112
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,000 ±$44,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $218,800 ±$7,651
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±3.8% (93  ±42.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 15.3% 19,227 (±1.4% / ±1,749.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.6% ±3% (600  ±121.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 91.7% 78,397 (±2.6% / ±2,186.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±8.8% (107  ±66.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.7% 20,250 (±1.3% / ±1,134.8)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.7% ±7.3% (96  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 14.3% 13,190 (±0.9% / ±837)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±58 92 Male ±58 4 Female ±5

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