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 $82,663.00.32.50% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fort Knox. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Public Service and Retail industries respectively employ 21.62% and 14.75% of the civilian workforce. 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. One of the benefits of Fort Knox is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.90 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Fort Knox is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Fort Knox ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fort Knox, 48.30% 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 $32,370, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,480 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 22.68% 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.
