Nelson County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 41,26190.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,3495.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0152.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7901.7%Two or more races
  • 2750.6%Asian alone
  • 430.09%Some other race alone
  • 160.03%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $221,528

Here:	$221,528
State:	$202,714

Townhouses or other attached units: $140,471

Here:	$140,471
State:	$210,849

In 2-unit structures: $122,979

Here:	$122,979
State:	$192,751

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $132,224

Here:	$132,224
State:	$142,978

Mobile homes: $90,285

Here:	$90,285
State:	$65,175

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 12
• Burglaries: 80
• Thefts: 123
• Auto thefts: 14

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 13
• Burglaries: 58
• Thefts: 136
• Auto thefts: 14

Health of residents in Nelson County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,563 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,304 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Nelson County is $413 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $499 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $727 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bardstown, Coxs Creek, Boston, Bloomfield, New Haven, Chaplin, New Hope, Fairfield.

Neighboring counties: Bollinger County, Missouri , Marin County, California , Kearny County, Kansas , Madison County, Virginia , Warrick County, Indiana , Lexington city, Virginia .

Current college students: 1,030
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 546 (43.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2212010 or later
• 802000 to 2009
• 1151990 to 1999
• 381980 to 1989
• 401970 to 1979
• 117Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,405
• One, attached: 466
• Two: 240
• 3 or 4: 601
• 5 to 9: 747
• 10 to 19: 146
• 20 to 49: 52
• 50 or more: 56
• Mobile homes: 1,469
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18

Housing units in Nelson County with a mortgage: 8,488 (152 second mortgage, 735 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,115

Religion statistics for Nelson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Nelson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kentucky Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4497, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2011 to May 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1976: May 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1976, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 01, 2010 to June 01, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1912: May 11, 2010, FEMA Id: 1912, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 27, 2009 to February 05, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3302: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3302, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to February 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1818: February 05, 2009, FEMA Id: 1818, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3231: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3231, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Record Snow, Incident Period: December 21, 2004 to December 23, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1578: February 08, 2005, FEMA Id: 1578, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Kentucky Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 13, 2004 to July 15, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1537: August 06, 2004, FEMA Id: 1537, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 27, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1471: June 03, 2003, FEMA Id: 1471, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 27, 2002 to May 10, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1414: May 07, 2002, FEMA Id: 1414, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.57% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,307 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.28% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($31,805 average AGI)
1.28% relocated from other states ($10,501 average AGI)

Nelson County:	1.28%
Kentucky average:	2.65%

from Jefferson County, KY	1.47% ($38,868 average AGI)
from Bullitt County, KY	0.81% ($46,384)
from Hardin County, KY	0.33% ($35,678)
from Washington County, KY	0.32% ($29,017)
from Marion County, KY	0.27% ($39,490)
from Fayette County, KY	0.17% ($48,806)
from Spencer County, KY	0.15% ($55,071)

4.74% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,025 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.74% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($29,001 average AGI)
1.00% relocated to other states ($10,024 average AGI)

Nelson County:	1.00%
Kentucky average:	2.75%

to Jefferson County, KY	1.13% ($37,941 average AGI)
to Bullitt County, KY	0.50% ($36,528)
to Hardin County, KY	0.34% ($42,683)
to Marion County, KY	0.31% ($27,655)
to Washington County, KY	0.27% ($23,792)
to Spencer County, KY	0.18% ($35,667)
to Larue County, KY	0.16% ($29,643)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Nelson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,188 (2,174 living alone), Female householders: 8,808 (2,403 living alone)

• 9,475 spouses (9,420 opposite-sex spouses), 1,340 unmarried partners, (1,322 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,873 children (11,817 natural, 281 adopted, 759 stepchildren), 1,407 grandchildren, 133 brothers or sisters, 385 parents, 168 foster children, 425 other relatives, 1,020 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 548

Size of family households: 5,499 2-persons, 2,399 3-persons, 2,488 4-persons, 1,208 5-persons, 432 6-persons, 148 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,574 1-person, 1,052 2-persons, 147 3-persons, 23 4-persons.

7,160 married couples with children.
2,155 single-parent households (846 men, 1,309 women).

97.4% of residents of Nelson speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $164,540,000 ($4,072 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,921,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $79,441,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $34,902,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,534,000
Federal grants: $34,839,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,695,000 ($4,691,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,129,000 ($1,690,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,711,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $27,650,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,597,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.15 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Nelson County, Kentucky
• 9362014 or later
• 5412010 to 2013
• 3,8102000 to 2009
• 4,1971990 to 1999
• 2,1371980 to 1989
• 2,9801970 to 1979
• 1,3631960 to 1969
• 1,1981950 to 1959
• 5501940 to 1949
• 1,4611939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Nelson County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Nelson County, Kentucky
• 161 room
• 262 rooms
• 1813 rooms
• 9834 rooms
• 3,3795 rooms
• 2,9646 rooms
• 2,3367 rooms
• 1,4358 rooms
• 2,2819+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nelson County, Kentucky
• 491 room
• 962 rooms
• 5073 rooms
• 1,3444 rooms
• 1,2765 rooms
• 4686 rooms
• 3117 rooms
• 388 rooms
• 2329+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Nelson County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Nelson County, Kentucky
• 14no bedroom
• 1241 bedroom
• 1,5822 bedrooms
• 9,0403 bedrooms
• 2,2054 bedrooms
• 5985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nelson County, Kentucky
• 79no bedroom
• 4831 bedroom
• 1,8422 bedrooms
• 1,6143 bedrooms
• 1924 bedrooms
• 1115+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Nelson County, Kentucky in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Nelson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 387no vehicle
• 2,6111 vehicle
• 5,2832 vehicles
• 3,3113 vehicles
• 1,3184 vehicles
• 8195+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Nelson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 609no vehicle
• 1,6771 vehicle
• 1,5642 vehicles
• 3973 vehicles
• 864 vehicles
• 465+ vehicles

87.6% of Nelson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Kentucky.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 37,002
• Other state: 7,615
• Northeast: 855
• Midwest: 3,471
• South: 2,503
• West: 777

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,247
• Number of aged recipients: 112
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,135
• Number of recipients under 18: 246
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 766
• Number of recipients older than 64: 235
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 501
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 530