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Census Tract 72, Knox, OH

5,085 Population
5.5 square miles 922.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mount Vernon: 39 ±2.8
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 39.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,311 ±$4,621 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mount Vernon: $29,954 † ±$3,069
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Knox County: $35,489 ±$1,276
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$48,385 ±$8,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mount Vernon: $53,845 † ±$6,201
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Knox County: $73,878 ±$3,321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

33.2% ±12.2% (1,556  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 21.9% † 3,395 (±4.9% / ±759)
  • more than double the rate in Knox County: 11.6% † 6,930 (±1.8% / ±1,092)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)

19.9 minutes ±0.5 (35,640  ±9,544) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mount Vernon: 18.4 † 127,655 (±2 / ±17,811)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 25.7 638,470 (±1.2 / ±39,097)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

1,953 ±249 Number of households
  • Mount Vernon: 7,100 ±387
  • Knox County: 23,491 ±411
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.5 ±0.4 (4,940  ±586) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mount Vernon: 2.2 15,693 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 2.5 59,776 (±0 / ±100)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

15.2% ±12.3% (183  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Mount Vernon: 8.2% † 346 (±4.2% / ±180)
  • more than double the rate in Knox County: 7.2% † 995 (±1.8% / ±249)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

2,304 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Mount Vernon: 7,806 ±387
  • Knox County: 26,078 ±54
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$176,800 ±$13,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mount Vernon: $174,000 ±$9,738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $239,400 ±$7,634
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

19.3% ±13.9% (980  ±714.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 13.1% † 2,225 (±4.2% / ±714)
  • nearly double the rate in Knox County: 10.2% † 6,359 (±1.7% / ±1,054.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

85.1% ±10.2% (2,948  ±472) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mount Vernon: 90.9% 10,212 (±5.5% / ±743.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 91% 37,985 (±3.3% / ±1,387.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
14.5% ±4.9% (503  ±176.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mount Vernon: 23.5% † 2,643 (±3.6% / ±413.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 24.7% 10,287 (±1.7% / ±716.7)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)

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

4.3% ±2.5% (217  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 2.6% † 437 (±0.9% / ±151)
  • more than double the rate in Knox County: 1.4% 859
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

8.2% ±3.8% (316  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 6.4% † 854 (±1.8% / ±237)
  • a little higher than the rate in Knox County: 7.8% † 3,773 (±1.1% / ±517)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
316 Total veterans ±149 279 Male ±146 37 Female ±49

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