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West Spencer CCD, Spencer County, KY

13,754 Population
95.7 square miles 143.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Spencer County: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 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

$47,730 ±$3,965 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Spencer County: $43,368 ±$3,060
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$116,489 ±$9,169 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Spencer County: $102,618 † ±$12,041
  • nearly double the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.5% (993  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Spencer County: 9.8% † 1,976 (±3.1% / ±617)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.7 minutes ±4.5 (188,055  ±17,275) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Spencer County: 32.7 270,605 (±0.8 / ±19,252)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,025 ±193 Number of households
  • Spencer County: 7,308 ±157
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (13,660  ±589) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Spencer County: 2.8 20,099 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • 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

5.1% ±2.6% (146  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Spencer County: 7.1% † 313 (±3.5% / ±153)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,157 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Spencer County: 7,712 ±25
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$351,300 ±$12,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Spencer County: $330,000 ±$11,906
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±2.6% (1,058  ±357) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spencer County: 8.4% † 1,662 (±2.2% / ±432.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±5.5% (9,476  ±642.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Spencer County: 93% 13,171 (±5.5% / ±792.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±3.7% (2,695  ±386.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Spencer County: 23.6% † 3,341 (±3% / ±428.5)
  • about the same as 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

1% ±0.3% (140  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Spencer County: 0.7% 143
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2% (821  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Spencer County: 7% † 1,090 (±1.6% / ±250)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
821 Total veterans ±215 765 Male ±204 56 Female ±57

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