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Whitley County School District, KY

21,693 Population
415.6 square miles 52.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Whitley County: 35.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,221 ±$2,165 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $23,353 ±$1,875
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,663 ±$2,945 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $44,615 ±$4,358
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.8% ±5% (6,121  ±1,079) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 26.3% † 9,249 (±3.2% / ±1,124)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±2.2 (194,010  ±22,719) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Whitley County: 24.5 300,420 (±1.5 / ±26,181)
  • 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

8,049 ±350 Number of households
  • Whitley County: 13,541 ±361
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (21,331  ±707) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Whitley County: 2.6 35,193 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±3.8% (416  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Whitley County: 6.6% † 560 (±2.4% / ±200)
  • more than 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

9,549 ±310 Number of housing units
  • Whitley County: 15,629 ±35
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,700 ±$9,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whitley County: $131,800 ±$11,572
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±1.8% (1,341  ±390.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whitley County: 10.9% † 3,954 (±1.9% / ±678.9)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.5% ±4.7% (11,493  ±789.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitley County: 84.3% 19,494 (±4.1% / ±960.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±2.6% (2,302  ±368.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whitley County: 20.9% † 4,840 (±2.3% / ±533.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half 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

0.4% ±0.3% (75  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Whitley County: 0.8% 283
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±1.5% (735  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whitley County: 4.1% † 1,124 (±0.9% / ±233)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
735 Total veterans ±233 637 Male ±217 98 Female ±97

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