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Laurel-Petersville CCD, Lewis County, KY

1,788 Population
165.5 square miles 10.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±13.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 42.4 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,186 ±$3,150 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lewis County: $26,242 ±$2,523
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,795 ±$7,990 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lewis County: $46,838 † ±$5,284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±7.5% (342  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 22% † 2,825 (±4.6% / ±595)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.8 minutes ±5.3 (24,765  ±7,660) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lewis County: 38.6 † 153,825 (±4.3 / ±22,867)
  • nearly double the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

653 ±101 Number of households
  • Lewis County: 5,019 ±204
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (1,788  ±395) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lewis County: 2.6 12,826 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±7.7% (36  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lewis County: 6.5% † 171 (±2.8% / ±74)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

812 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Lewis County: 6,066 ±23
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,200 ±$7,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lewis County: $96,000 ±$5,494
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±3.8% (64  ±67.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lewis County: 11.1% † 1,420 (±3.8% / ±484.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81% ±3.5% (1,009  ±178) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis County: 80.4% 7,340 (±5.4% / ±497.3)
  • 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)
10.1% ±4.6% (126  ±61.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lewis County: 15.3% † 1,395 (±2.7% / ±249.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.8% ±2.6% (62  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 5.9% † 589 (±1.4% / ±135)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
62 Total veterans ±35 62 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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