Stanford is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,644 people and three associated neighborhoods, Stanford is the 117th largest community in Kentucky.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Stanford has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Stanford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Stanford rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.14% of adults 25 and older in Stanford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Stanford in 2022 was $27,942, 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 $111,768 for a family of four. However, Stanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Stanford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stanford include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Stanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Indo-European and Persian.