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Nelson County School District, KY

33,742 Population
404.6 square miles 83.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nelson County: 39.7 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,679 ±$1,677 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nelson County: $33,257 ±$1,333
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$76,997 ±$3,939 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nelson County: $67,888 ±$2,740
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

8.9% ±2.1% (3,000  ±692) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nelson County: 9.7% † 4,512 (±1.7% / ±775)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

27.9 minutes ±1.2 (413,585  ±28,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nelson County: 25.8 538,340 (±1.3 / ±33,835)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

12,987 ±351 Number of households
  • Nelson County: 18,787 ±270
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.6 ±0.1 (33,531  ±537) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nelson County: 2.5 46,561 (±0 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

4.4% ±1.7% (336  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nelson County: 4.6% † 477 (±1.5% / ±152)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

13,986 ±304 Number of housing units
  • Nelson County: 20,062 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$234,000 ±$10,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nelson County: $224,100 ±$9,276
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

8.6% ±2.3% (2,872  ±775) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nelson County: 10.3% † 4,813 (±2.1% / ±960.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

93.5% ±3.9% (21,548  ±1,023.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nelson County: 91.9% 29,768 (±3.6% / ±1,169.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
22.9% ±2.2% (5,279  ±529.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nelson County: 22.8% 7,396 (±1.9% / ±601)
  • 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

1.4% ±0.5% (478  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nelson County: 2.2% 1,035
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

8.5% ±1.2% (2,182  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nelson County: 8% † 2,871 (±0.9% / ±316)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
2,182 Total veterans ±307 1,949 Male ±306 233 Female ±92

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