Fort Knox vs Vine Grove

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

Fort Knox and Vine Grove 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 6,721 in Vine Grove). Vine Grove has the higher median household income ($74,786 vs $74,224 in Fort Knox). Since 2019, Vine Grove's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
Population	8,715	6,721
Median age	24.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,224	$74,786
Median home value	—	$213,500
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,344
Housing units	2,468	2,866
Homeownership rate	0.7%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
Population	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)	6,106 → 6,721 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)	$62,596 → $74,786 (+19.5%)
Median home value	—	$152,700 → $213,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)	$1,111 → $1,344 (+21.0%)

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

Vine Grove

Population

6,1066,721

Median household income

$62,596$74,786

Median home value

$152,700$213,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
Under 5	12.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	21.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	1.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	0.9%	8.0%
75 and over	0.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	72.3%
Black or African American	14.9%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
Drove alone	70.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
1-unit, detached	23.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	50.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Knox	Vine Grove
Poverty rate	8.0%	12.6%
Average household size	3.21	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	12	27
Median year structure built	1977	1996