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41858

7,031 Population
87.3 square miles 80.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±2.2 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

$22,984 ±$2,476 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$45,933 ±$7,729 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

33% ±7.6% (2,236  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

33.5 minutes ±6.1 (63,290  ±18,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

2,728 ±303 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.5 ±0.1 (6,806  ±800) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

1.9% ±2.4% (28  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 244 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

3,185 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$90,400 ±$22,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

11.3% ±4.6% (791  ±336.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

83.4% ±12.9% (4,139  ±448.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
11.9% ±2.7% (590  ±149.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.5% ±0.4% (32  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.6% ±2% (305  ±113) 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)
305 Total veterans ±113 296 Male ±111 9 Female ±20

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