Fort Knox vs Rineyville

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

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

Fort Knox has the higher population (8,715 vs 2,869 in Rineyville). Rineyville has the higher median household income ($82,037 vs $74,224 in Fort Knox). Since 2019, Fort Knox's population has grown faster (+0.2% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
Population	8,715	2,869
Median age	24.3 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,224	$82,037
Median home value	—	$234,900
Median gross rent	$1,234	—
Housing units	2,468	962
Homeownership rate	0.7%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
Population	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)	3,565 → 2,869 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)	$101,333 → $82,037 (-19.0%)
Median home value	—	$204,900 → $234,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)	$637 → $633 (-0.6%)

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

Rineyville

Population

3,5652,869

Median household income

$101,333$82,037

Median home value

$204,900$234,900

Median gross rent

$637$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
Under 5	12.3%	11.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	18.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	1.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	0.9%	7.2%
75 and over	0.8%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	14.9%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	12.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
Drove alone	70.0%	58.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	23.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
1-unit, detached	23.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	50.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Knox	Rineyville
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.3%
Average household size	3.21	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	12	27
Median year structure built	1977	1992