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Perry County School District, KY

23,684 Population
332.2 square miles 71.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 41.4 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,766 ±$5,884 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $30,062 † ±$5,037
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$45,259 ±$8,871 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $45,261 † ±$7,925
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

23.4% ±3.5% (5,349  ±814) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 25.5% † 6,894 (±3.5% / ±940)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

26.3 minutes ±2.6 (200,325  ±26,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 25.8 † 231,755 (±2.8 / ±31,537)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

9,451 ±334 Number of households
  • Perry County: 11,293 ±298
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.1 (23,031  ±460) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 2.4 27,160 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.8% ±2.2% (188  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 3.8% † 224 (±2% / ±119)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

11,096 ±294 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 13,256 ±24
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$84,700 ±$6,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $90,700 ±$6,175
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.9% ±3% (3,028  ±707.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 13.6% † 3,756 (±2.9% / ±799.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

78.5% ±5% (12,970  ±859.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 79.5% 15,518 (±4.8% / ±939.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
13.1% ±2.3% (2,159  ±387.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 14.2% † 2,779 (±2.2% / ±429.6)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1% ±0.5% (238  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 0.9% 257
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

5.5% ±1.2% (982  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 5.4% † 1,143 (±1% / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
982 Total veterans ±208 953 Male ±207 29 Female ±27

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