Fort Knox is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,742 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Knox is the 57th largest community in Kentucky. Fort Knox has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Knox, where the median household income is $74,224.00.Fort Knox is a military town: the armed forces employs 33.92% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 18.02% and 16.89% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Knox has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.12 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small town, Fort Knox does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Fort Knox ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Knox, 42.09% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Fort Knox in 2022 was $30,794, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,176 for a family of four. However, Fort Knox contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Knox is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Knox home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Knox residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Knox also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Knox include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Fort Knox is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
