Grayson County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,242 94.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 430 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 218 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 105 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 653 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 49 0.2%

• Under 18 6,349 23.8%
• 18–24 1,982 7.4%
• 25–44 6,580 24.6%
• 45–64 6,962 26.1%
• 65 and over 4,834 18.1%

Median household income

$53,988

90% interval $47,708–$60,268

−$10,493 vs KY · 78th of 120

Below poverty line

22.4%

90% interval 19.4%–25.4%

+7.0 pp vs KY · 25th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+1.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$996.8M

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,185

Establishments

699

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,521 21.0%
• Manufacturing 1,253 17.3%
• Education & health services 1,197 16.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 799 11.0%
• Public administration 462 6.4%
• Professional & business services 430 5.9%
• Construction 373 5.2%
• Financial activities 270 3.7%
• Other services 97 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 60 0.8%
• Information 27 0.4%
• Unclassified 10 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.6%

+6.3 pp vs KY · 58th of 120

Median gross rent

$658

−$309 vs KY · 103rd of 120

Owner-occupied

7,553

Renter-occupied

2,576

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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 (Construction, $64,997/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,604/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 9,710 80.3%
• Democratic 2,235 18.5%
• Other / third-party 150 1.2%

• German or other West Germanic 486 1.9%
• Spanish 281 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 72 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Arabic 18 0.1%

Households

10,129

Family households

6,369

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,520

23.9% of families

Single-mother families

599

9.4% of families

Veterans

1,207

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,018 30.3%
• Catholic 2,126 8.0%
• Mainline Protestant 888 3.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 228 0.9%

Health insured

92.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±1.7 pp

22nd of 120

With a disability

21.1%

±1.8 pp

60th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±2.1 pp

−11.5 pp vs KY · 67th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.3%–9.3% · 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

3

14.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3