Fort Knox vs Sonora

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

Fort Knox and Sonora 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 597 in Sonora). Fort Knox has the higher median household income ($74,224 vs $50,417 in Sonora). Since 2019, Fort Knox's population has grown faster (+0.2% vs -15.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Knox	Sonora
Population	8,715	597
Median age	24.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,224	$50,417
Median home value	—	$178,400
Median gross rent	$1,234	$717
Housing units	2,468	247
Homeownership rate	0.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Knox	Sonora
Population	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)	705 → 597 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)	$46,750 → $50,417 (+7.8%)
Median home value	—	$120,500 → $178,400 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)	$928 → $717 (-22.7%)

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

Sonora

Population

705597

Median household income

$46,750$50,417

Median home value

$120,500$178,400

Median gross rent

$928$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Knox	Sonora
Under 5	12.3%	19.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	21.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	18.5%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	1.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	0.9%	4.2%
75 and over	0.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Knox	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	14.9%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Knox	Sonora
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Knox	Sonora
Drove alone	70.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Knox	Sonora
1-unit, detached	23.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	50.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Knox	Sonora
Poverty rate	8.0%	14.9%
Average household size	3.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1977	2001