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Todd County, KY

Demographic and economic profile of Todd County, KY, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Todd County, KY is a small rural county of 12,330 residents with a median household income of $61,103 and median worker earnings of $40,935, pointing to a modest but cost-competitive labor market where median home values sit at $157,400 and median gross rent runs $841 per month. The workforce is limited in size, with a labor force participation rate of 56.2% and only 15.9% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, though the unemployment rate is low at 3.4%. Population has been essentially flat, declining 0.2% over five years, and a poverty rate of 21.7% signals economic stress alongside the county's otherwise low-cost profile.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

12,330

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$61,103

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

36.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-0.2% since 2018

Todd County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone10,554 (84.6%)
  • Black or African American Alone835 (6.7%)
  • Some Other Race Alone484 (3.9%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races370 (3.0%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race198 (1.6%)
  • Asian Alone23 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.German or other West Germanic789
  2. 2.Spanish418
  3. 3.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)5
  4. 4.Korean2

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

27.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

56.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

16.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

2.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

614

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$33,936

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

Not yet cached

Per Capita Income

$29,483

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

21.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,091
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,074
  3. 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining677
  4. 4.Retail Trade (Group)571
  5. 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities525

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,782
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,401
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations948
  4. 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations634
  5. 5.Service Occupations476

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 7.56×)619
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 2.25×)1,148
  3. 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.43×)429
  4. 4.Other Services (LQ 1.02×)246
  5. 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 0.97×)1,166

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$157,400

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$841/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

76.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $300,000 to $399,999535 (15.4%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999522 (15.1%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999401 (11.6%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999321 (9.3%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999318 (9.2%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999231 (6.7%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

15.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

79.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

56.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$40,935

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

27.8 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

8.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone3,769 (73.7%)
  • Worked At Home621 (12.1%)
  • Carpooled479 (9.4%)
  • Other116 (2.3%)
  • Bicycle89 (1.7%)
  • Walked21 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.