Demographics of Boyle County, Kentucky

Boyle County, Kentucky had 31,632 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +878 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Boyle County, in four figures

31,632
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.9%
Change since July 2020: +878 people.; 39.5 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,159 ±$3,774
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Boyle County, Kentucky's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Boyle County, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Boyle County, Kentucky's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Boyle County, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	30,754	100.0	100.0
2021	30,598	99.5	100.2
2022	30,845	100.3	100.7
2023	31,062	101.0	101.6
2024	31,297	101.8	102.5
2025	31,632	102.9	103.1

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Population of Boyle County, Kentucky on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	30,754	+140	−4	0	+146
2021	30,598	−156	−160	+9	−24
2022	30,845	+247	−127	+34	+338
2023	31,062	+217	−49	+71	+192
2024	31,297	+235	−70	+78	+224
2025	31,632	+335	−73	+51	+358

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.5 ±0.7: for men 37.8 ±0.6 and for women 41.8 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Boyle County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	1,511 ±103	4.9% ±0.3	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,956 ±373	16.0% ±1.2	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,556 ±328	11.5% ±1.1	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,484 ±350	24.2% ±1.1	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,661 ±394	24.8% ±1.3	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,773 ±387	18.7% ±1.2	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,159 ±$3,774, and income per person $31,524 ±$1,645, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,726 ±$429 in Kentucky and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Boyle County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	2,593 ±420	21.5% ±3.5	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,433 ±359	20.2% ±3.0	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,299 ±311	19.1% ±2.6	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,231 ±206	10.2% ±1.7	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,111 ±291	17.5% ±2.4	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	882 ±175	7.3% ±1.4	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	496 ±168	4.1% ±1.4	7.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Boyle County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	4,365 ±544	15.6% ±1.9	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,116 ±251	17.5% ±3.7	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,412 ±345	17.1% ±2.4	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	837 ±224	11.4% ±3.0	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Boyle County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Boyle County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	13,010 ±59	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.6% ±1.6	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.4% ±1.7	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.0% ±2.3	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.0% ±2.8	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$209,900 ±$11,819	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$778 ±$37	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±2	1982 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Boyle County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,457 ±0	4.7% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	25,586 ±162	82.7% ±0.5	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,154 ±197	7.0% ±0.6	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	106 to 386	0.3% to 1.2%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	77 to 293	0.2% to 0.9%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,307 ±279	4.2% ±0.9	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Boyle County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	21,870 ±578	70.7% ±1.9	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,093 ±556	26.2% ±1.8	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	102 to 314	0.3% to 1.0%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	770 ±234	2.5% ±0.8	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	120 to 466	0.4% to 1.5%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	477 ±200	1.5% ±0.6	2.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Boyle County among the counties of Kentucky

33rd of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Boyle County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Whitley County	37,297	+1.6%
Graves County	37,050	+1.4%
Greenup County	35,213	−1.9%
Floyd County	34,401	−3.9%
Marshall County	31,659	−0.1%
Boyle County	31,632	+2.9%
Meade County	30,699	+2.2%
Muhlenberg County	30,634	−0.9%
Knox County	29,532	−2.2%
Montgomery County	28,822	+2.5%
Logan County	28,669	+4.2%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026