Fort Knox is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,742 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Knox is the 57th largest community in Kentucky.Fort Knox is a military town: the armed forces employs 32.47% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Retail are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 20.65% and 18.99% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Knox 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 Knox 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Knox spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.The citizens of Fort Knox are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.70% of adults in Fort Knox have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Knox in 2022 was $31,450, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,800 for a family of four. However, Fort Knox contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Knox is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Knox home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Knox residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Knox also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Knox include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and European. The most common language spoken in Fort Knox is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
