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Census Tract 9503, Letcher, KY

1,246 Population
33.1 square miles 37.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,071 ±$7,324 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

31.1% ±14% (375  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

43.9 minutes ±32.6 (18,470  ±6,345) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • nearly double the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

563 ±126 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.2 ±0.3 (1,246  ±335) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

675 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$52,700 ±$15,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

7.6% ±7.6% (95  ±97.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

91.9% ±36.4% (796  ±218.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
9.7% ±6.2% (84  ±59.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

0.8% ±1.4% (10  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

6.3% ±3.1% (59  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
59 Total veterans ±33 54 Male ±30 5 Female ±8

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