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Whitley County School District, KY

21,827 Population
415.6 square miles 52.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Whitley County: 35.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,174 ±$2,221 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $23,077 ±$2,041
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$38,608 ±$2,958 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $41,719 † ±$4,416
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

27% ±4.6% (5,782  ±991) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 25.1% † 8,772 (±3.3% / ±1,143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

26.6 minutes ±2 (188,345  ±22,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Whitley County: 22.8 279,635 (±1.6 / ±25,484)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

8,195 ±409 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 13,570 ±369
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.6 ±0.2 (21,458  ±563) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Whitley County: 2.6 35,055 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

7.1% ±3.2% (337  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 6.3% † 542 (±2.3% / ±196)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

9,718 ±338 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 15,558 ±36
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$108,100 ±$8,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $120,600 ±$8,871
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

6.1% ±1.8% (1,298  ±379.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Whitley County: 11.3% † 4,101 (±1.9% / ±688.3)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

81.5% ±5.3% (11,507  ±846.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 83.1% 19,212 (±4.3% / ±1,004)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
15.9% ±2.6% (2,239  ±378.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whitley County: 19.8% † 4,580 (±2.2% / ±507.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

0.3% ±0.2% (55  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Whitley County: 0.7% 261
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.2% ±1.6% (819  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Whitley County: 5% † 1,363 (±1% / ±283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
819 Total veterans ±256 747 Male ±236 72 Female ±90

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