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Bush CCD, Laurel County, KY

5,504 Population
36.5 square miles 151 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Laurel County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,305 ±$6,493 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Laurel County: $27,836 ±$1,185
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,555 ±$16,903 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Laurel County: $57,771 † ±$7,839
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±5.4% (683  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Laurel County: 20.5% † 12,552 (±2.5% / ±1,538)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±4.5 (55,535  ±14,553) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Laurel County: 22.6 541,550 (±1.3 / ±39,638)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,069 ±203 Number of households
  • Laurel County: 23,996 ±471
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (5,490  ±576) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Laurel County: 2.6 61,695 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±2.4% (30  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Laurel County: 7.5% † 1,082 (±1.8% / ±253)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,110 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Laurel County: 26,818 ±67
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,300 ±$9,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Laurel County: $159,500 ±$6,127
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±2.9% (290  ±163.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Laurel County: 11% † 6,811 (±1.7% / ±1,050.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±8.4% (3,254  ±462.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Laurel County: 84.5% 36,990 (±3% / ±1,335.9)
  • 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)
25.9% ±7.2% (1,007  ±296.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Laurel County: 17.5% 7,665 (±1.5% / ±657.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.7% ±2.1% (257  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Laurel County: 1.1% 700
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.7% (193  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Laurel County: 5.5% † 2,675 (±0.8% / ±400)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
193 Total veterans ±123 176 Male ±111 17 Female ±31

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