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Cumberland County, KY

5,948 Population
305.1 square miles 19.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,221 ±$2,152 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,000 ±$12,731 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.8% ±4.6% (1,447  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±2.9 (38,880  ±7,152) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

2,630 ±191 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,863  ±4) Persons per household
  • 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

9.8% ±5.5% (118  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,404 ±13 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,100 ±$43,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.4% (488  ±196.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±8.2% (3,547  ±357.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of 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)
19.1% ±4.9% (821  ±209.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

1.2% (70  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.4% (322  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
322 Total veterans ±111 285 Male ±107 37 Female ±44

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