Daviess County is a county of 103,648 people in Kentucky. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $199,900. The foreign-born share is 4%. Median rent is $918 a month. The average commute runs 19 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,214, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 36%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Daviess County
What changed most since 1990
White share95.4% → 84.9%(−10.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.2% → 4.3%(+4.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
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)16%(836)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.9%(1,358)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.5%(1,964)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(166)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(93)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 5,241 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
Daviess County, decade by decade
Daviess County 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
87,189
$58,559
$114,243
14.1%
11.1
2000
91,545
$67,061
$146,825
17.0%
16.2
2010
96,656
$61,601
$153,064
18.2%
23.3
2020
103,312
$66,518
$173,928
24.4%
35.0
2024
103,648
$68,214
$199,900
26.2%
34.2
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.
