Fort Knox vs Radcliff

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Knox and Radcliff: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Knox and Radcliff are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Radcliff has the higher population (22,967 vs 8,715 in Fort Knox). Fort Knox has the higher median household income ($74,224 vs $60,976 in Radcliff). Since 2019, Radcliff's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
Population	8,715	22,967
Median age	24.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,224	$60,976
Median home value	—	$163,300
Median gross rent	$1,234	$965
Housing units	2,468	9,835
Homeownership rate	0.7%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
Population	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)	22,639 → 22,967 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)	$46,105 → $60,976 (+32.3%)
Median home value	—	$129,100 → $163,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)	$773 → $965 (+24.8%)

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

Radcliff

Population

22,63922,967

Median household income

$46,105$60,976

Median home value

$129,100$163,300

Median gross rent

$773$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
Under 5	12.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	1.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	0.9%	9.7%
75 and over	0.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	56.6%
Black or African American	14.9%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	12.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
Drove alone	70.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	17.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
1-unit, detached	23.5%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	50.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Knox	Radcliff
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.3%
Average household size	3.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1977	1983