Fort Campbell is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 12,814 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Fort Campbell is the 29th largest community in Kentucky.
44.25% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fort Campbell. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Wholesale and Public Service industries respectively employ 33.79% and 28.23% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Fort Campbell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Fort Campbell’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One of the benefits of Fort Campbell is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.65 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The percentage of adults in Fort Campbell who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.57% of the adults in Fort Campbell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Campbell in 2018 was $18,961, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,844 for a family of four.
Fort Campbell is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Campbell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Campbell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Campbell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.24% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Campbell include German, European, Irish, African, and English.
The most common language spoken in Fort Campbell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.