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Bell County School District, KY

12,129 Population
350.1 square miles 34.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bell County: 41.7 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,973 ±$1,785 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bell County: $21,704 ±$1,673
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,436 ±$8,506 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bell County: $31,354 † ±$3,340
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.6% ±4.9% (3,097  ±585) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bell County: 28.8% † 6,553 (±3.4% / ±782)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±2.6 (96,325  ±13,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bell County: 22.7 153,745 (±1.3 / ±15,588)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,853 ±298 Number of households
  • Bell County: 9,939 ±280
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (11,864  ±460) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bell County: 2.3 22,960 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±3.4% (177  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Bell County: 6.7% † 330 (±2.7% / ±134)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,021 ±305 Number of housing units
  • Bell County: 11,631 ±24
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,900 ±$9,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bell County: $89,000 ±$6,214
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±3.2% (1,128  ±380.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Bell County: 9.9% † 2,298 (±2.4% / ±564.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±5.7% (6,842  ±584) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bell County: 79.9% 13,277 (±4.9% / ±812.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±3% (1,103  ±260.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bell County: 15.8% † 2,621 (±2.4% / ±392.7)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third of 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

0.4% ±0.4% (49  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bell County: 0.4% 98
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±1.5% (315  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bell County: 3.9% † 714 (±1.1% / ±193)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
315 Total veterans ±138 297 Male ±138 18 Female ±22

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