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Mercer County School District, KY

20,104 Population
229.3 square miles 87.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 43.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,539 ±$1,738 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $30,424 ±$1,920
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
$60,512 ±$4,029 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $60,728 ±$4,145
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443

11.3% ±3% (2,245  ±598) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 11.2% † 2,515 (±2.7% / ±608)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)

27.7 minutes ±2.3 (230,035  ±23,372) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 28.1 260,080 (±2.1 / ±23,280)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

7,977 ±272 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 9,079 ±255
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
2.5 ±0.1 (19,931  ±348) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.5 22,489 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020

8.2% ±3.5% (332  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 7.3% † 336 (±3.2% / ±145)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)

Housing

8,722 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 10,355 ±26
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351

$180,000 ±$12,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $181,400 ±$11,309
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059

11.2% ±2.6% (2,217  ±515) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 11.3% † 2,509 (±2.3% / ±,521.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)

Social

90% ±5.7% (12,462  ±,821.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 90.1% 14,280 (±5.4% / ±,852.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
21.8% ±2.9% (3,020  ±,411.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 21.7% † 3,432 (±2.7% / ±,422.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 26.5% 811,939 (±0.2% / ±6,703.3)

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

2.4% ±1.1% (490  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 2.2% 493
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109

7.1% ±1.3% (1,101  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 8.2% † 1,447 (±1.2% / ±209)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
1,101 Total veterans ±204 1,053 Male ±196 48 Female ±42

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