Fort Campbell is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 12,825 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Campbell is the 34th largest community in Kentucky.
53.42% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fort Campbell. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Accommodation and Public Service industries respectively employ 27.00% and 19.70% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Fort Campbell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Fort Campbell is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One of the benefits of Fort Campbell is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.51 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
In terms of college education, Fort Campbell is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.04% of adults 25 and older in Fort Campbell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Campbell in 2022 was $21,210, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,840 for a family of four.
Fort Campbell is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Campbell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Campbell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Campbell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Campbell include German, European, Irish, African, and English.
The most common language spoken in Fort Campbell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.