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Highest median household income, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by median household income from the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is $60,760. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Newport, KY, up 26 places to #42.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

01▲1Francisville, KYKY10,565$159,371–

02▼1Union, KYKY7,937$136,712+60%

03Edgewood, KYKY8,503$119,028+56%

04▲3Burlington, KYKY18,008$109,308+92%

05▼1Crestwood, KYKY6,582$108,046+154%

06▼1Villa Hills, KYKY7,797$107,859+47%

07▼1Hebron, KYKY6,407$106,719–

08Fort Wright, KYKY6,240$105,024+100%

09▲1Fort Thomas, KYKY17,142$104,350+110%

10▲2Independence, KYKY30,198$102,361+101%

11▼2Alexandria, KYKY10,994$102,239+85%

12▲19Reidland, KYKY5,277$99,423+106%

13▲2Mount Washington, KYKY18,989$96,239+120%

14▼3Oakbrook, KYKY10,211$94,652+53%

15▲4Taylor Mill, KYKY7,144$88,546+64%

16▲6La Grange, KYKY10,669$88,464+134%

17▲1Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,751$86,310+86%

18▲12Fort Knox, KYKY8,836$82,663+143%

19▼5Middletown, KYKY9,944$82,537+54%

20▲5St. Matthews, KYKY17,868$82,412+95%

21▼1Jeffersontown, KYKY29,193$81,506+57%

22▲4Georgetown, KYKY40,883$80,088+90%

23▼10Douglass Hills, KYKY5,575$78,482+31%

24▼8Walton, KYKY5,868$77,917+83%

25▲3Wilmore, KYKY6,380$77,665+147%

26▼5Erlanger, KYKY20,158$75,840+77%

27Shelbyville, KYKY18,453$75,610+101%

28▼11Cold Spring, KYKY6,640$75,000+27%

29▼6Vine Grove, KYKY7,018$72,560+88%

30▼1Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931$71,476+98%

31▼7Bellevue, KYKY5,847$71,166+95%

32Florence, KYKY34,018$71,003+67%

33Lexington, KYKY329,751$69,479+75%

34▲4Nicholasville, KYKY33,857$68,503+83%

35Hillview, KYKY9,020$68,111+59%

36▲1Louisville, KYKY641,962$66,849–

37▲7Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,329$66,486+61%

38▲1Dayton, KYKY5,974$65,992+106%

39▼5Lyndon, KYKY11,301$65,679+53%

40▲6Versailles, KYKY10,734$62,368+78%

41▲7Covington, KYKY41,847$61,166+99%

42▲26Newport, KYKY13,998$60,853+122%

43▲2Elizabethtown, KYKY35,448$60,760+70%

44▼8Elsmere, KYKY9,521$60,503+43%

45▼5Flatwoods, KYKY7,439$59,972+93%

46▲6Berea, KYKY16,662$59,495+95%

47▲2Franklin, KYKY10,759$59,052+85%

48▲18Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,356$58,933+120%

49▲1Radcliff, KYKY22,576$58,559+64%

50▼3Owensboro, KYKY60,892$56,357+77%

51▲11Paris, KYKY10,130$55,839+81%

52▲7Mount Sterling, KYKY7,586$55,827+106%

53▲21Cynthiana, KYKY6,576$54,647+92%

54▼1Winchester, KYKY19,514$54,378+74%

55▼1Madisonville, KYKY19,428$53,860+73%

56▲5Highland Heights, KYKY6,341$53,275+31%

57▼14Frankfort, KYKY28,657$53,073+52%

58▼3Ashland, KYKY20,996$52,715+74%

59▼3Danville, KYKY17,736$52,646+60%

60▼19Bardstown, KYKY14,161$51,381+63%

61▲9Corbin, KYKY7,911$51,065+130%

62▼20Central City, KYKY5,793$50,885+86%

63▲6Richmond, KYKY40,663$50,870+99%

64▼4Shively, KYKY15,895$50,221+60%

65▲8Paducah, KYKY26,730$49,915+91%

66▼3Campbellsville, KYKY11,783$49,644+117%

67▲4Oak Grove, KYKY7,830$49,354+53%

68▼1Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411$49,139+62%

69▼12Bowling Green, KYKY78,505$48,873+68%

70▼12Harrodsburg, KYKY9,576$48,381+76%

71▼6Henderson, KYKY27,822$48,186+58%

72▼8London, KYKY7,637$47,591+74%

73▼22Princeton, KYKY6,168$47,411+78%

74▲6Russellville, KYKY7,454$45,484+77%

75▲8Lebanon, KYKY6,699$45,479+108%

76Monticello, KYKY5,721$44,952+158%

77▲2Leitchfield, KYKY7,015$44,347+70%

78▲3Murray, KYKY18,964$44,091+72%

79▼4Glasgow, KYKY15,302$43,074+53%

80▼3Mayfield, KYKY9,851$40,965+101%

81▼9Pikeville, KYKY7,270$39,955+81%

82▼4Maysville, KYKY8,688$39,013+40%

83▼1Williamsburg, KYKY5,371$38,147+111%

84Morehead, KYKY6,776$36,741+53%

85▲1Somerset, KYKY12,695$34,704+55%

86▼1Middlesborough, KYKY8,776$31,106+59%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES