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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |