Grant County, Kentucky

Grant County has a population of 25,418 and has grown 5.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $209,500, about 3.0 times the county's median household income of $69,178.

Home price
$209,500
Income
$69,178
Population
25,418
Unemployment
4.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$209,500county
Median gross rent$862county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198035.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile21.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,200county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,155county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$899county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,385county
Home insurance / yr$4,042(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$69,178county
Family health premium / yr$23,584(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,756(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.573(statewide)
Poverty rate11.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.6%county
Unemployment rate4.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government11.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.5%county
Economic output per resident$30,844county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.68%county
Top state income tax3.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service25 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4500414county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station29 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.8%county
Traffic deaths66.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher15.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.8%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment4075county
Students per full-time teacher17.2county
Free lunch eligible67.4%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians40county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.1%county
Frequent mental distress18.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population25,418county
Land area in square miles258county
People per square mile of land98.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store0.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+5.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age36.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.5%county
Share of households that are one person28.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.3%county
Second languages2.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents193county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents15county
Households that moved in749county
Households that moved away818county
Average income of arriving households$51,766county
Average income of departing households$45,872county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year110county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate213(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.08 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F29 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing97 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days202 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 13county
Average first fall frostNov 1county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$139county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh12.6¢county
Household electricity use1,108 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity58.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas13.8%county
Homes heated by propane16.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil5.5%county
Homes heated by wood4.0%county
Households with broadband88.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk17.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk17.6county
Landslide risk56.5county
Hail risk11.0county
Earthquake risk39.4county
Tornado risk64.4county
Tropical cyclone risk7.8county
Extreme heat risk43.0county
Winter weather risk24.4county
Strong wind risk58.2county
Wildfire risk7.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Grant County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kentucky figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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