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Christian County, KY

71,006 Population
717.7 square miles 98.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,793 ±$2,293 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,765 ±$5,589 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.9% ±4.8% (11,333  ±3,231) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.1 minutes ±1.6 (584,825  ±49,945) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,245 ±1,048 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (67,509  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±2.2% (684  ±367) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

29,519 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$203,400 ±$16,194 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.3% ±5% (12,836  ±3,508.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.8% ±7.2% (36,892  ±3,111.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.6% ±3.4% (7,396  ±1,414.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% (2,249  ±908) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±2.7% (4,910  ±1,171) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,910 Total veterans ±1,171 3,291 Male ±877 1,619 Female ±737

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