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41537

Jenkins, KY · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
3,447
Median household income
$35,673
People below poverty
24.8%
Median home value
$76,200

Income

The median income of households in 41537 was $35,673. An estimated 8.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0.5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 8.3
$10,000 to $14,999 14.6
$15,000 to $24,999 15
$25,000 to $34,999 11.9
$35,000 to $49,999 12.6
$50,000 to $74,999 13.2
$75,000 to $99,999 10.5
$100,000 to $149,999 12.2
$150,000 to $199,999 1.2
$200,000 or more 0.5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 51307
Female 35058

An estimated 53% of households received earnings. An estimated 46.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 25 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,443. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 53
Social Security 46.1
Retirement income 25
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 19.1
Cash public assistance income 2.1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 24.8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 23.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 16.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 28.7% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 24.8
Children under 18 years below poverty 23.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 16.5
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 28.7

In 2020-2024, 27.9 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 29.4% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 45.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 20.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 41537 in 2020-2024, 96.8% had health insurance coverage and 3.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 46.2% and public coverage was 65.4%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 41537 had a total population of 3,447 - 1,699 (49.3%) females and 1,748 (50.7%) males. The median age was 48.4 years. An estimated 18.2% of the population was under 18 years, 28.2% was 19 to 44 years, 28.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 23.7 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 41537 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 104 42
5 to 9 78 131
10 to 14 99 60
15 to 19 70 87
20 to 24 51 37
25 to 29 62 69
30 to 34 82 103
35 to 39 149 135
40 to 44 160 123
45 to 49 82 70
50 to 54 175 147
55 to 59 135 124
60 to 64 109 145
65 to 69 88 137
70 to 74 96 49
75 to 79 89 168
80 to 84 32 43
85 and over 87 29

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 95.8% were White; 0.1% were Black or African American; 24.9% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.4% were Asian; 0.1% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 1.2% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 0% of the people in 41537 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 95.8% of the people in 41537 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 1,637 households in 41537. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Married-couple households made up 41.5% of the households in 41537 while cohabiting couple households made up 3.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 26.8% of all households, while 27.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 21.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 19.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 41.3% of all households.

In 41537, 20.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 38.2% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 41.5
Cohabiting Couples 3.9
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
27.8
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
26.8

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 48.3% of males and 45% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 20 18.8
Now married, except separated 48.3 45
Separated 0.8 4
Widowed 10.7 17.1
Divorced 20.2 15.1

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 41537, 130 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 27.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 99.5% of the people living in 41537 were U.S. natives. 74.2% of the 41537 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0.5% of 41537 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 87.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 41537 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 41537.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 0
Asia 87.5
Europe 0
Africa 0
Northern America 12.5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 41537 in 2020-2024, 0.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 0.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0
Other Indo-European languages 0.4
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.4
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 90 % of the people at least one year old living in 41537 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 90
Different house, same county 4.5
Different county, same state 2.6
Different state 3
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 82.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 12% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 17.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 41537 was 562 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 27 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 469. College or graduate school enrollment was 66.

Educational Attainment of People in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 17.2
High school diploma or equivalency 43.8
Some college, no degree 19.8
Associate's degree 7.2
Bachelor's degree 7.7
Graduate or professional degree 4.3

Disability

In 41537, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 33.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.1% of people under 18 years old, to 32.8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 58.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 41537, 39.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 57.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 59.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 33.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 7.1 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 671 59.4
Federal, state, or local government workers 379 33.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 80 7.1

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 41537 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 4.6
Construction 8.1
Manufacturing 2.9
Wholesale trade 3.8
Retail trade 7.4
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.7
Information 4.2
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 3.1
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 11.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 36
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 5.6
Other Services, except public administration 2.7
Public administration 5.8

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 41537 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 435 38.5
Service occupations 223 19.7
Sales and office occupations 236 20.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 144 12.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 92 8.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 75.7% of 41537 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 15.3% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 25.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 75.7
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 15.3
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 0
Other means 2
Worked from home 7

In 2020-2024, 41537 had a total of 2,151 housing units. Of these housing units, 62.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 7.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 28.7% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 62.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 7.6
Mobile homes 28.7
Boat, RV, van, etc 1.6

10.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 26.5% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 41537 was 5.7 rooms, and of these housing units 66.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 41537 had 1,637 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 514 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 74.3% while renters occupied 25.7%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.07 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.19.

4.2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 24.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 13.9% and another 21.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 41537:

House Heating Fuel Used in 41537 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 17.8
Electricity 77
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.7
All other fuels 1.4
No fuel used 3.1

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 41537 was $76,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 24.3 % had a mortgage. 75.7% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,130 and for owners without a mortgage it was $364.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 41537 was $467. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.