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Census Tract 9505, Letcher, KY

1,349 Population
50.4 square miles 26.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±10 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,900 ±$8,992 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$42,552 ±$4,320 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

19.2% ±9.3% (259  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

22.2 minutes ±4.5 (8,690  ±2,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

503 ±68 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.7 ±0.3 (1,349  ±230) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

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

Housing

614 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$45,000 ±$29,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

14.2% ±9.6% (192  ±134) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

80.9% ±9.1% (752  ±148.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
8.8% ±6.2% (82  ±59.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.8% ±4.6% (61  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
61 Total veterans ±50 61 Male ±50 N/A Female ±13

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