Bandana, KY

Census Place

2024 Population

311

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

24.8

2.48% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$96,691

8.78% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$126,300

1.86% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

184

32.4% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Bandana, KY employs 184 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bandana, KY were Manufacturing (88 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (66 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (16 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($56,912), Health Care & Social Assistance ($41,364), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($40,455).

Employment

Occupations

184

2024 Value

± 121

32.4%

1 Year growth

± 80.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bandana, KY grew at a rate of 32.4%, from 139 employees to 184 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bandana, KY, are Management Occupations (59 people), Production Occupations (29 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (27 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bandana, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

184

2024 Value

± 121

32.4%

1 Year growth

± 80.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bandana, KY grew at a rate of 32.4%, from 139 employees to 184 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bandana, KY, are Manufacturing (88 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (66 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (16 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bandana, KY, though some of these residents may live in Bandana, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$56,471

Median earning men ± $24,021

$19,444

Median earning women ± $54,023

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($56,912).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($40,455).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Bandana, KY was $126,300 in 2024, which is 0.38 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $128,700 to $126,300, a 1.86% decrease. The homeownership rate in Bandana, KY is 81.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bandana, KY have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bandana, KY is higher than the national average, with an average of 4 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$126,300

Median Property Value 2024

±$80,522

$76

Median Property Taxes

±$66

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bandana, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bandana, KY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$96,691

Median Household Income

± $25,202

Number of Households

± 76

In 2024, the median household income of the 93 households in Bandana, KY grew to $96,691 from the previous year's value of $88,889.

The following chart displays the households in Bandana, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bandana, KY is from Kentucky.

0.446

2024 Wage GINI in Kentucky

0.449

2023 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2024, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.446 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.585% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (96.7%)
Carpooled (3.26%)

In 2024, 96.7% of workers in Bandana, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.26%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bandana, KY have a shorter commute time (25.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Bandana, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Bandana, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bandana, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bandana, KY have 4 cars.

Poverty

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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