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Population (year 2000): 1,100. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,032 (-6.2% change)
Males: 553 (50.3%), Females: 547 (49.7%)
Hardin County
Zip code:
40177
Median resident age: 33.9 years
Median household income: $29,792 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,500 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.7%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (33.5%), English
(8.7%), German (7.9%), Irish (6.0%), Dutch (1.5%).
Elevation: 438 feet
Land area: 2.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 69.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
- Unemployed: 8.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point city
- Never married: 27.0%
- Now married: 46.6%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 16.6%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -119 (-9.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- LINCOLN TRAIL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 12
miles; RADCLIFF, KY)
- CARITAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; LOUISVILLE,
KY)
- HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; CORYDON,
IN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- LOUISVILLE INTL-STANDIFORD FIELD (about 20 miles;
LOUISVILLE, KY; ID: SDF)
- BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 79 miles;
BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
- OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 86 miles; OWENSBORO,
KY; ID: OWB)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- ADDINGTON FIELD (about 22 miles; ELIZABETHTOWN, KY;
ID: EKX)
- HOLIDAY INN LAKEVIEW (about 25 miles; CLARKSVILLE,
IN; ID: 1I6)
- BOWMAN FIELD (about 27 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY; ID:
LOU)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Point:
- ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles;
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY; Full-time enrollment: 2,217)
- JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles;
LOUISVILLE, KY; FT enrollment: 5,290)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY-SOUTHEAST (about 24 miles; NEW
ALBANY, IN; FT enrollment: 4,355)
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (about 24 miles;
LOUISVILLE, KY; FT enrollment: 15,514)
- SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY;
FT enrollment: 2,342)
- BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; LOUISVILLE,
KY; FT enrollment: 2,030)
- WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; BOWLING
GREEN, KY; FT enrollment: 12,806)
Public primary/middle schools in West Point:
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 150;
Location: 209 NORTH 13TH; Grades: KG - 08)
- NICHOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 149;
Location: 10665 HWY 44 W; Grades: PK - 05)
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