Fort Knox vs West Point

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

Fort Knox and West Point 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 1,131 in West Point). Fort Knox has the higher median household income ($74,224 vs $37,260 in West Point). Since 2019, West Point's population has grown faster (+12.0% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Knox	West Point
Population	8,715	1,131
Median age	24.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,224	$37,260
Median home value	—	$68,200
Median gross rent	$1,234	$726
Housing units	2,468	565
Homeownership rate	0.7%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Knox	West Point
Population	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)	1,010 → 1,131 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)	$37,007 → $37,260 (+0.7%)
Median home value	—	$45,600 → $68,200 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)	$756 → $726 (-4.0%)

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

West Point

Population

1,0101,131

Median household income

$37,007$37,260

Median home value

$45,600$68,200

Median gross rent

$756$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Knox	West Point
Under 5	12.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	18.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	1.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	0.9%	6.5%
75 and over	0.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Knox	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	14.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Knox	West Point
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	12.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Knox	West Point
Drove alone	70.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	17.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Knox	West Point
1-unit, detached	23.5%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	50.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Knox	West Point
Poverty rate	8.0%	28.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	12	28
Median year structure built	1977	1957