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Barren County School District, KY

27,772 Population
466.1 square miles 59.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barren County: 39.8 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,493 ±$2,462 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barren County: $29,914 ±$1,766
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,865 ±$7,329 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Barren County: $50,628 ±$2,937
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±3.4% (4,427  ±934) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barren County: 19.4% † 8,558 (±2.5% / ±1,107)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±1.5 (274,765  ±24,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barren County: 23.4 396,115 (±1.1 / ±27,831)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,700 ±352 Number of households
  • Barren County: 18,017 ±339
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (27,759  ±696) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Barren County: 2.5 44,322 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.4% (210  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barren County: 5.2% † 522 (±1.6% / ±161)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,174 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Barren County: 20,283 ±39
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,200 ±$10,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Barren County: $178,000 ±$7,848
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±2.2% (2,357  ±608.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barren County: 10.1% † 4,489 (±1.7% / ±756.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±4.2% (16,852  ±904.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barren County: 86.9% 26,990 (±3.5% / ±1,089.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±2.3% (3,698  ±455) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barren County: 18.3% 5,693 (±1.8% / ±560.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

1.7% ±0.7% (460  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barren County: 2.8% 1,238
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.3% (1,464  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barren County: 6% † 2,044 (±0.9% / ±303)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,464 Total veterans ±284 1,372 Male ±278 92 Female ±50

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