Menifee County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,951 95.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 177 2.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 93 1.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,311 21.0%
• 18–24 491 7.9%
• 25–44 1,219 19.6%
• 45–64 1,750 28.1%
• 65 and over 1,459 23.4%

Median household income

$47,808

90% interval $42,112–$53,504

−$16,673 vs KY · 95th of 120

Below poverty line

23.6%

90% interval 18.8%–28.4%

+8.2 pp vs KY · 22nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.4%

+1.98 pp vs. state

County GDP

$115.0M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,279

Establishments

138

• Education & health services 204 21.5%
• Public administration 138 14.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 119 12.5%
• Manufacturing 103 10.8%
• Professional & business services 39 4.1%
• Financial activities 23 2.4%
• Other services 10 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 66.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.5%

+7.2 pp vs KY · 50th of 120

Median gross rent

$675

−$292 vs KY · 96th of 120

Owner-occupied

1,870

Renter-occupied

608

• 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($46,404 vs $27,242/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $54,501 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 39 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 2,563 77.9%
• Democratic 664 20.2%
• Other / third-party 65 2.0%

• Spanish 78 1.3%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

2,478

Family households

1,638

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

268

16.4% of families

Single-mother families

227

13.9% of families

Veterans

375

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,140 18.6%
• Mainline Protestant 21 0.3%

Health insured

93.7%

±3 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±3 pp

49th of 120

With a disability

25.1%

±3.8 pp

28th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.9%

±4.6 pp

−12.7 pp vs KY · 87th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.1%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

21st 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

Frenchburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, Owingsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

20.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1