Breckinridge County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,367 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 350 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 389 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 659 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 102 0.5%

• Under 18 4,768 22.8%
• 18–24 1,673 8.0%
• 25–44 4,537 21.7%
• 45–64 5,643 27.0%
• 65 and over 4,260 20.4%

Median household income

$58,822

90% interval $52,019–$65,625

−$5,659 vs KY · 59th of 120

Below poverty line

18.3%

90% interval 15.2%–21.4%

+2.9 pp vs KY · 46th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+0.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$540.7M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,029

Establishments

443

• Trade, transportation & utilities 892 23.7%
• Education & health services 634 16.8%
• Construction 332 8.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 258 6.8%
• Public administration 196 5.2%
• Financial activities 194 5.1%
• Professional & business services 151 4.0%
• Other services 65 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 72.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.4%

+13.1 pp vs KY · 10th of 120

Median gross rent

$733

−$234 vs KY · 75th of 120

Owner-occupied

6,569

Renter-occupied

1,500

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $61,755/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,323/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,882 78.5%
• Democratic 2,038 20.3%
• Other / third-party 126 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 386 2.0%
• Spanish 148 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 92 0.5%
• Arabic 6 0.0%

Households

8,069

Family households

5,353

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,142

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

359

6.7% of families

Veterans

1,384

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,046 29.6%
• Catholic 2,914 14.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,697 8.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 175 0.9%

Health insured

93.0%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

7.0%

±2.3 pp

39th of 120

With a disability

22.0%

±2 pp

51st of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.2%

±2.7 pp

−13.4 pp vs KY · 92nd of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.4%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

46th 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

Brandenburg, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

24.82 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4