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West Van Lear, KY

1,224 Population
1.1 square miles 1,125.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±9.9 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Johnson County: 42 ±1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,084 ±$4,812 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Johnson County: $24,579 ±$2,124
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$78,625 ±$37,685 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Johnson County: $43,014 † ±$4,550
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

2.9% ±2.7% (35  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Johnson County: 23.4% † 5,116 (±3.9% / ±851)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

27.4 minutes ±14.3 (13,260  ±9,756) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Johnson County: 26.4 180,840 (±2.1 / ±20,854)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

467 ±167 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 8,843 ±338
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.6 ±0.7 (1,224  ±547) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Johnson County: 2.5 21,930 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

512 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 10,530 ±41
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$131,100 ±$58,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Johnson County: $125,300 † ±$12,618
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

1.6% ±3% (19  ±37.5) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Johnson County: 9.5% † 2,097 (±2.3% / ±508.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

100% ±48.9% (902  ±294.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 82.4% 13,021 (±5% / ±784.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
20.1% ±11% (181  ±119.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 16.6% † 2,624 (±2.4% / ±377.1)
  • 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

2.2% ±3.3% (27  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 1.7% 386
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

1.3% ±2.1% (12  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Johnson County: 5% † 865 (±1.2% / ±206)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
12 Total veterans ±20 12 Male ±20 N/A Female ±13

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