Estill County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,472 96.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 132 0.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 140 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 276 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,984 21.3%
• 18–24 914 6.5%
• 25–44 3,223 23.0%
• 45–64 4,165 29.7%
• 65 and over 2,749 19.6%

Median household income

$48,992

90% interval $43,322–$54,662

−$15,489 vs KY · 90th of 120

Below poverty line

21.0%

90% interval 16.4%–25.6%

+5.6 pp vs KY · 32nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$291.9M

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,217

Establishments

262

• Education & health services 463 20.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 381 16.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 260 11.5%
• Public administration 107 4.7%
• Financial activities 92 4.1%
• Professional & business services 87 3.8%
• Construction 34 1.5%

The sectors listed cover 63.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.4%

+2.1 pp vs KY · 87th of 120

Median gross rent

$711

−$256 vs KY · 87th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,207

Renter-occupied

1,768

• 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 (Professional & business services, $64,449/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,481/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,091 81.0%
• Democratic 1,114 17.7%
• Other / third-party 84 1.3%

• Spanish 122 0.9%
• Chinese 99 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.2%

Households

5,975

Family households

3,997

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

876

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

300

7.5% of families

Veterans

591

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,577 32.3%
• Mainline Protestant 545 3.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 184 1.3%
• Catholic 59 0.4%

Health insured

93.7%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1.9 pp

48th of 120

With a disability

24.7%

±2.4 pp

30th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

12.2%

±2.2 pp

−15.4 pp vs KY · 107th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.3%–10.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

9.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1