Owen County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,620 93.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 292 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 334 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 35 0.3%

• Under 18 2,499 22.1%
• 18–24 933 8.2%
• 25–44 2,569 22.7%
• 45–64 3,057 27.0%
• 65 and over 2,272 20.1%

Median household income

$64,666

90% interval $58,149–$71,183

+$185 vs KY · 35th of 120

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 10.7%–17.1%

−1.5 pp vs KY · 94th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$262.7M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,580

Establishments

187

• Trade, transportation & utilities 533 33.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 170 10.7%
• Public administration 164 10.3%
• Education & health services 120 7.5%
• Manufacturing 73 4.6%
• Professional & business services 45 2.8%
• Other services 33 2.1%
• Financial activities 24 1.5%

The sectors listed cover 73.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

88.0%

+19.7 pp vs KY · 1st of 120

Median gross rent

$830

−$137 vs KY · 41st of 120

Owner-occupied

3,740

Renter-occupied

512

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% 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 (Manufacturing, $71,581/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,945/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 4,434 80.7%
• Democratic 988 18.0%
• Other / third-party 72 1.3%

• Spanish 321 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 15 0.1%

Households

4,252

Family households

2,940

69.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

907

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

152

5.2% of families

Veterans

598

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,931 43.7%
• Mainline Protestant 489 4.3%
• Catholic 200 1.8%

Health insured

93.6%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±2.1 pp

46th of 120

With a disability

18.7%

±2.8 pp

83rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

18.3%

±3.7 pp

−9.3 pp vs KY · 51st of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th 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

Carrollton, Owenton, Williamstown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

33.97 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3