With 13,804 people, Bardstown is a city in Kentucky. The population is up 33% since 2000. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $203,500. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The foreign-born share is 6%. Households take in $51,381 at the median, 38% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,381, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 52%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bardstown
What changed most since 1990
Population6,801 → 13,804(+103%)US over the same years: +35%
Bardstown's population equals 29% of Nelson County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 61% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 52% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.7%(125)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.9%(63)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.3%(237)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.4%(34)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 635 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bardstown, decade by decade
Bardstown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,801
$52,170
$111,603
12.4%
39.6
2000
10,374
$57,377
$133,892
16.5%
39.1
2010
11,700
$54,365
$138,678
14.7%
41.2
2020
13,567
$63,758
$162,292
19.9%
47.7
2024
13,804
$51,381
$203,500
26.7%
46.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
