Wolfe County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,126 95.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 173 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 27 0.4%

• Under 18 1,444 22.4%
• 18–24 487 7.6%
• 25–44 1,389 21.6%
• 45–64 1,874 29.1%
• 65 and over 1,249 19.4%

Median household income

$44,554

90% interval $39,243–$49,865

−$19,927 vs KY · 103rd of 120

Below poverty line

26.1%

90% interval 19.9%–32.3%

+10.7 pp vs KY · 15th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.5%

+4.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$157.4M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$40,079

Establishments

189

• Education & health services 401 25.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 266 16.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 240 15.1%
• Manufacturing 117 7.3%
• Financial activities 113 7.1%
• Public administration 40 2.5%
• Professional & business services 28 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 75.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.6%

+5.3 pp vs KY · 69th of 120

Median gross rent

$501

−$466 vs KY · 117th of 120

Owner-occupied

1,966

Renter-occupied

707

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($50,515 vs $28,460/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,163 74.2%
• Democratic 689 23.6%
• Other / third-party 63 2.2%

• Spanish 107 1.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 11 0.2%

Households

2,673

Family households

1,796

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

345

19.2% of families

Single-mother families

105

5.8% of families

Veterans

150

3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,737 26.5%
• Mainline Protestant 276 4.2%
• Catholic 47 0.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

97.1%

±1.9 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

29.4%

±5 pp

9th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

8.7%

±3.4 pp

−18.9 pp vs KY · 118th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 9.8%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

39th 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

Campton, Jackson, Stanton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

40.01 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2