Demographics of Bullitt County, Kentucky

Bullitt County, Kentucky had 86,454 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,089 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.

Bullitt County, in four figures

86,454
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.0%
Change since July 2020: +4,089 people.; 41.7 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $80,558 ±$2,390
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.

Bullitt County, Kentucky's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bullitt 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Bullitt County, Kentucky's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bullitt 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	82,365	100.0	100.0
2021	83,096	100.9	100.2
2022	83,946	101.9	100.7
2023	84,996	103.2	101.6
2024	85,765	104.1	102.5
2025	86,454	105.0	103.1

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Population of Bullitt 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	82,365	+141	+23	0	+92
2021	83,096	+731	−52	+13	+728
2022	83,946	+850	−120	+155	+834
2023	84,996	+1,050	−119	+149	+1,017
2024	85,765	+769	−75	+177	+664
2025	86,454	+689	−52	+99	+644

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.7 ±0.4: for men 41.0 ±0.7 and for women 42.6 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bullitt County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	4,213 ±171	5.0% ±0.2	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	13,582 ±564	16.2% ±0.7	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	6,158 ±416	7.3% ±0.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	21,707 ±665	25.8% ±0.8	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	23,782 ±744	28.3% ±0.9	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	14,585 ±771	17.4% ±0.9	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $80,558 ±$2,390, and income per person $38,684 ±$1,090, 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 Bullitt County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	4,046 ±512	12.7% ±1.6	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	5,064 ±533	16.0% ±1.7	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	5,434 ±501	17.1% ±1.6	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	4,786 ±483	15.1% ±1.5	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	6,317 ±573	19.9% ±1.8	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,329 ±385	10.5% ±1.2	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,771 ±400	8.7% ±1.3	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 Bullitt County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	8,104 ±1,031	9.7% ±1.2	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,459 ±497	14.0% ±2.8	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,794 ±567	8.3% ±1.2	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,851 ±382	9.0% ±1.8	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bullitt County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bullitt County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	33,608 ±44	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.5% ±1.1	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.5% ±1.1	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	84.9% ±1.3	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	15.1% ±1.4	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$247,200 ±$5,899	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$987 ±$48	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1993 ±1	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 Bullitt County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,769 ±0	3.3% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	76,272 ±447	90.8% ±0.5	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,091 ±342	1.3% ±0.4	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	599 ±169	0.7% ±0.2	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	4 to 30	< 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 659	0% to 0.8%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,956 ±509	3.5% ±0.6	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 Bullitt County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	67,657 ±1,024	80.5% ±1.2	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	13,813 ±1,019	16.4% ±1.2	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	574 ±199	0.7% ±0.2	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,983 ±555	2.4% ±0.7	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	920 ±362	1.1% ±0.4	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,063 ±327	1.3% ±0.4	2.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Bullitt County among the counties of Kentucky

10th of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Bullitt County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Boone County	145,316	+6.5%
Hardin County	113,482	+2.4%
Daviess County	104,898	+1.5%
Madison County	101,696	+9.3%
Campbell County	95,441	+2.5%
Bullitt County	86,454	+5.0%
Oldham County	70,986	+4.8%
Christian County	70,115	−3.6%
McCracken County	67,553	−0.5%
Pulaski County	67,384	+3.5%
Laurel County	63,746	+1.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Kentucky by homeownership rate
No. 4 Counties in Kentucky by median household income
No. 8 Counties in Kentucky by median home value
No. 10 Counties by population in Kentucky
No. 10 Counties in Kentucky by median rent
No. 10 Counties in Kentucky by per capita income

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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026