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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fort Knox, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fort Knox, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fort Knox’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fort Knox does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $74,224.00.The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Fort Knox, employing 33.92% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Retail and Public Service industries employ 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. One of the benefits of Fort Knox is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.12 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. As is often the case in a small town, Fort Knox doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Fort Knox are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.09% of adults in Fort Knox have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.
