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Mercer County School District, KY

20,022 Population
229.3 square miles 87.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 42.9 ±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

$33,288 ±$2,225 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $33,683 ±$2,024
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,767 ±$4,194 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $64,824 ±$5,652
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±3.5% (2,084  ±683) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 10.7% † 2,424 (±3.1% / ±707)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±1.8 (213,940  ±21,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 27.2 251,840 (±1.5 / ±20,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,977 ±242 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 9,181 ±258
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (19,802  ±421) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.5 22,808 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±3.7% (348  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 7.6% † 358 (±3.2% / ±151)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,792 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 10,472 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,800 ±$15,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $202,300 ±$16,526
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.6% (2,177  ±517.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 10.8% † 2,455 (±2.4% / ±552.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±6% (12,681  ±888.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 92% 14,786 (±5.8% / ±933.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.5% ±3.4% (3,381  ±481.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 24.9% † 4,001 (±3.2% / ±507.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.2% ±1.5% (634  ±300) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 2.9% 660
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.7% (986  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 7.3% † 1,311 (±1.5% / ±270)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
986 Total veterans ±266 952 Male ±260 34 Female ±34

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