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Mercer County School District, KY

19,907 Population
229.3 square miles 86.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 42.8 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,212 ±$1,859 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $32,851 ±$2,353
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$62,156 ±$3,947 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $63,115 ±$4,313
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

11.8% ±3.1% (2,319  ±602) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 11.4% † 2,557 (±2.7% / ±612)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

27.9 minutes ±2.8 (221,510  ±26,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 28.3 262,225 (±2.5 / ±26,324)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

7,947 ±279 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 9,137 ±296
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.5 ±0.1 (19,703  ±380) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.5 22,620 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

8.5% ±3.5% (340  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 342 (±3.1% / ±143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

8,759 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 10,410 ±25
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$186,200 ±$11,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $189,700 ±$10,172
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

10.8% ±2.7% (2,111  ±524.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 10.8% † 2,433 (±2.5% / ±562)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

90.8% ±5.9% (12,442  ±844.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 91.1% 14,520 (±5.6% / ±890.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
21.8% ±3% (2,990  ±413.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 22.5% † 3,579 (±2.8% / ±439.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

3.2% ±1.1% (631  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 2.8% 644
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6.4% ±1.4% (973  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 7.6% † 1,343 (±1.3% / ±226)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
973 Total veterans ±211 946 Male ±206 27 Female ±31

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