Median Household Income
$41,793
Median Home Value
$67,400
Median Gross Rent
$669/mo
Poverty Rate
24.4%
Unemployment Rate
6.2%
Homeownership Rate
74.1%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
12.5%
Median Age
43.5
Population Over Time
Letcher County shrank 13.2% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
23,965
2016
23,382
2018
22,676
2020
21,936
2022
21,490
2024
20,808
Business & Industry
Letcher County has 277 business establishments employing 3,171 people.
Health care and social assistance
53
Other services (except public administration)
24
Accommodation and food services
24
Finance and insurance
19
Professional, scientific, and technical services
15
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
11
Construction
11
Wholesale trade
10
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.