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West Point city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
West Point city is a Census city of 1,025 people across 2.66 square miles of land, in Hardin County. Median household income is $37,449, 58.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Point
What West Point is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.66 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land385
- County holding the largest share of its areaHardin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
How many people live in West Point
- Population1,025
- Median age36.3
- Population under 18244 plus or minus 70
- Share under 1823.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over167 plus or minus 53
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households452 plus or minus 103
- Family households257 plus or minus 59
- Share of households that are families56.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
Income and work in West Point
- Median household income$37,449 plus or minus $8,361
- Per capita income$26,427
- Civilian labor force438 plus or minus 106
- Employed421 plus or minus 101
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over718
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
Housing in West Point
- Housing units562
- Occupied units452 plus or minus 103
- Vacant units110 plus or minus 43
- Vacancy rate19.6 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Owner occupied264 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied188 plus or minus 71
- Ownership rate58.4 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$91,000 plus or minus $44,770
- Median gross rent, monthly$788 plus or minus $173
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Single family units340 plus or minus 68
- Share single family60.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more97 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more17.3 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes125 plus or minus 72
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
How West Point gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute428 plus or minus 103
- Commuting under 15 minutes64 plus or minus 61
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.0 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more231 plus or minus 61
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.0 percent
- Drove alone86.2 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport2.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hardin County, not West Point
Hardin County context, not West Point figures
These are Hardin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Point measurements.
- Establishments in Hardin County2,253
- Employment at those establishments, Hardin County36,716
- Covered employment, Hardin County48,897
- Average annual pay, Hardin County$55,787
- Average weekly wage, Hardin County$1,073
- Housing units permitted, Hardin County945
- Of those, single family, Hardin County391
- County product, 2024, Hardin County$7,341,195,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hardin County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hardin County$53,872
Every figure in this section is published for Hardin County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Point. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Point questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Point, Kentucky?
1,025, in 452 households. West Point city covers 2.66 square miles of land, which is 385 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Point in?
Hardin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Point?
$37,449. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $91,000. Median gross rent is $788 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Point figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hardin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Point.
Is zoning published for West Point?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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