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Nelson County, KY

People
Population47,606B01003
Population, 2020 census46,738P1
Median age39.5B01002
Under 1823.0%B01001
65 and over17.4%B01001
Households19,150B11001
Foreign born2.7%B05002
Money
Median household income$69,562B19013
Median family income$82,645B19113
Per capita income$35,010B19301
Poverty rate10.8%B17001
Unemployment rate3.3%B23025
Civilian labor force23,912B23025
Mean commute (minutes)26.6B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher23.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units20,330B25001
Owner-occupied78.3%B25003
Renters21.7%B25003
Median home value$238,000B25077
Median gross rent$1,008B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic89.1%B03002
Black5.2%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.9%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 109% of Kentucky's ($63,726); poverty 10.8% against 16.1%; 1.0% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9301: 3,911Census Tract 9302.01: 6,847Census Tract 9302.02: 2,391Census Tract 9303.01: 5,058Census Tract 9303.03: 3,417Census Tract 9303.04: 7,007Census Tract 9303.05: 1,740Census Tract 9304: 4,095Census Tract 9305: 6,243Census Tract 9306: 3,481Census Tract 9307: 3,416BardstownBloomfieldNew HavenChaplinBostonFairfieldNew HopeZIP 40004: 217 nonprofits, $164,295,786ZIP 40008: 23 nonprofits, $631,732ZIP 40013: 23 nonprofits, $380,540ZIP 40051: 19 nonprofits, $1,388,632ZIP 40107: 9 nonprofits, $217,053ZIP 40052: 5 nonprofits, $233,059ZIP 40020: 2 nonprofitsZIP 40012: 2 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 3,4163,416 to 3,4813,481 to 4,0954,095 to 6,243over 6,243nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Nelson County, KY

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits300$167,146,802 revenue (latest return)SALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION ($148,380,526)
Nonprofit contractors26$87,855,241 paid by nonprofitsQSI ($52,749,507)
Form D issuers7$21,318,404 amount soldPrudent Investment Managers LLP ($8,927,400)
Political committees2DAVID JACKSON EPLEY
Form 5500 plan sponsors2731 plansISAIAH HOUSE, INC. (4)
Open Payments recipients9$9,903 industry paymentsKAREN A LEASOR ($4,930)
Patent and trademark owners14133 patents and marksLog Still Distilling, LLC (90)
Federal award recipients2,276$370,777,912 federal awardsARMAG CORP ($218,625,588)
State business registrations56WOODLAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Cross-reference: 300 nonprofits for 47,606 residents is 63.0 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $167,146,802 is $3,511 per resident, 12.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1TIM SHARPPRESIDENT & CEOSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$468,34720256.7x
2CHASE MILLSCOOSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$214,01020253.1x
3WILLIAM CLEMENTSLINEMANSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$200,92620252.9x
4NICKY RAPIERCHIEF INFO OFFICERSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$190,92620212.7x
5JAIME ROBYCFOSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$187,58220252.7x
6RICHARD HOOPSLINEMANSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$184,70220252.7x
7WILLIAM TUCKERLINEMANSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$181,27020252.6x
8DAMIEN BALLARDLINEMANSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$180,78720252.6x
9JAMES THORNSBERRYLINEMANSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$179,62020212.6x
10MECHONDA O'BRIENCFOSALT RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$171,44720202.5x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $69,562.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 11 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9303.047,007$52,09416.0%36.6
Census Tract 9302.016,847$84,89410.6%39.1
Census Tract 93056,243$80,3107.1%40.9
Census Tract 9303.015,058$75,83311.1%45.2
Census Tract 93044,095$60,66711.8%38.5
Census Tract 93013,911$66,90912.2%46.0
Census Tract 93063,481$66,87510.2%38.7
Census Tract 9303.033,417$48,7946.6%40.6
Census Tract 93073,416$85,82010.4%39.1
Census Tract 9302.022,391$90,2266.5%42.4
Census Tract 9303.051,740$56,54815.5%38.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0