Boyle County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,586 82.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,457 4.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,154 7.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 246 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,307 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 185 0.6%

• Under 18 6,467 20.9%
• 18–24 3,556 11.5%
• 25–44 7,484 24.2%
• 45–64 7,661 24.8%
• 65 and over 5,773 18.7%

Median household income

$63,052

90% interval $56,701–$69,403

−$1,429 vs KY · 43rd of 120

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 12.2%–17.4%

−0.6 pp vs KY · 82nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,158

Establishments

1,077

• Education & health services 3,788 26.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,069 21.2%
• Manufacturing 1,733 11.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,663 11.5%
• Public administration 1,063 7.3%
• Professional & business services 836 5.8%
• Construction 485 3.3%
• Financial activities 439 3.0%
• Other services 257 1.8%
• Information 90 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 30 0.2%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.0%

−0.3 pp vs KY · 100th of 120

Median gross rent

$778

−$189 vs KY · 57th of 120

Owner-occupied

8,185

Renter-occupied

3,860

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $75,785/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,363/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 9,159 63.7%
• Democratic 4,990 34.7%
• Other / third-party 222 1.5%

• Spanish 560 1.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 96 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 52 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 36 0.1%
• Chinese 32 0.1%
• Vietnamese 23 0.1%
• Arabic 7 0.0%

Households

12,045

Family households

7,841

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,142

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

828

10.6% of families

Veterans

1,680

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 16,878 55.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,476 8.1%
• Black Protestant 1,286 4.2%
• Catholic 1,167 3.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 775 2.5%

Health insured

93.7%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1.4 pp

47th of 120

With a disability

17.2%

±1.5 pp

94th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±2.2 pp

−1.4 pp vs KY · 18th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.2%

90% interval 6.3%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

50th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction; civil amount-in-controversy > $5,000); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 kycourts.gov; shaded-bench counts per Wikipedia 'Kentucky Circuit Courts' judge-count map, with the three '6 or more' circuits (16th Kenton, 22nd Fayette, 30th Jefferson) hard-pinned to 6, 9, and 23 respectively per Wikipedia footnote 4. Mid-range single-county metro and exurban-cluster circuits are conservative midpoints; verify against KRS § 23A.040 before relying on exact counts.)

Court seats

Danville, Harrodsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

32.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7