Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Kentucky with household income of less than $40k was 36.99%. Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Somerset city had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (57.46%), followed by Murray city (53.15%), and Mayfield city (52.91%).
On the other hand, the following 3 cities and places had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Francisville CDP (5.80%), Jeffersontown city (17.27%), and Independence city (17.49%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Kentucky cities and places with a population of 10K+ and a high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky cities and places with a population of 10K+.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
Rank | City | Percentage of Households (%) |
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1 | Somerset city | 57.46 |
2 | Murray city | 53.15 |
3 | Mayfield city | 52.91 |
4 | Glasgow city | 51.07 |
5 | Richmond city | 49.78 |
6 | Hopkinsville city | 49.57 |
7 | Shively city | 48.27 |
8 | Paducah city | 48.17 |
9 | Newport city | 47.41 |
10 | Henderson city | 47.04 |
11 | Bowling Green city | 45.89 |
12 | Danville city | 45.53 |
13 | Ashland city | 45.49 |
14 | Paris city | 43.37 |
15 | Campbellsville city | 42.79 |
16 | Covington city | 42.65 |
17 | Winchester city | 42.59 |
18 | Bardstown city | 42.06 |
19 | Owensboro city | 41.90 |
20 | Fort Campbell North CDP | 41.29 |
21 | Madisonville city | 41.00 |
22 | Frankfort city | 39.42 |
23 | Lawrenceburg city | 38.26 |
24 | Berea city | 37.71 |
25 | Elizabethtown city | 37.09 |
26 | Versailles city | 36.93 |
27 | Radcliff city | 36.79 |
28 | Nicholasville city | 35.63 |
29 | Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 34.40 |
30 | Lexington-Fayette urban county | 33.29 |
31 | Shepherdsville city | 31.55 |
32 | Lyndon city | 30.51 |
33 | Shelbyville city | 29.12 |
34 | Florence city | 27.96 |
35 | Erlanger city | 26.40 |
36 | Georgetown city | 26.26 |
37 | Fort Thomas city | 24.36 |
38 | St. Matthews city | 24.14 |
39 | Mount Washington city | 23.55 |
40 | Alexandria city | 19.29 |
41 | Burlington CDP | 18.71 |
42 | Independence city | 17.49 |
43 | Jeffersontown city | 17.27 |
44 | Francisville CDP | 5.80 |