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Nelson County School District, KY

34,471 Population
404.6 square miles 85.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nelson County: 39.5 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,555 ±$2,125 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nelson County: $35,010 ±$1,625
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,797 ±$5,814 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nelson County: $69,562 ±$2,671
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±1.9% (3,128  ±664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nelson County: 10.9% † 5,109 (±1.7% / ±805)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.8 minutes ±1.1 (449,825  ±29,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nelson County: 26.6 571,500 (±1.3 / ±33,208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,659 ±405 Number of households
  • Nelson County: 19,150 ±266
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (34,243  ±808) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nelson County: 2.5 47,052 (±0 / ±20)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±1.9% (433  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nelson County: 4.9% † 514 (±1.6% / ±163)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,638 ±371 Number of housing units
  • Nelson County: 20,330 ±34
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,400 ±$11,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nelson County: $238,000 ±$10,065
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±2.2% (2,747  ±756.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nelson County: 9.7% † 4,579 (±2% / ±964.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±3.9% (22,693  ±1,089.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nelson County: 92.3% 30,414 (±3.6% / ±1,190.3)
  • 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)
23.6% ±2.3% (5,691  ±571.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nelson County: 23.8% 7,846 (±1.9% / ±626.1)
  • 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

2% ±0.7% (690  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nelson County: 2.7% 1,300
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±1.2% (2,002  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nelson County: 7.2% † 2,614 (±1% / ±365)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,002 Total veterans ±309 1,764 Male ±284 238 Female ±112

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