RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Highest Medicare coverage, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 18.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Shively, KY, up 38 places to #3.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01▲1Cold Spring, KYKY6,64031.2%+2.8 pts

02▲11Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57529.7%+5.8 pts

03▲38Shively, KYKY15,89527.2%+8.4 pts

04Russellville, KYKY7,45426.5%−1.6 pts

05▲9Maysville, KYKY8,68826.1%+2.2 pts

06▲6Edgewood, KYKY8,50325.9%+1.9 pts

07▼2Middlesborough, KYKY8,77625.1%−2.3 pts

08▲30London, KYKY7,63724.4%+5.3 pts

09▲14Mayfield, KYKY9,85124.2%+2.9 pts

10▲25Princeton, KYKY6,16824.1%+4.4 pts

11▲19Flatwoods, KYKY7,43923.8%+3.2 pts

12▲9Oakbrook, KYKY10,21123.8%+2.2 pts

13▼5Ashland, KYKY20,99623.3%−1.9 pts

14▲30Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19323.3%+4.7 pts

15▲10Somerset, KYKY12,69523.1%+1.9 pts

16▼7Glasgow, KYKY15,30223.0%−1.8 pts

17▼14Cynthiana, KYKY6,57622.9%−5.4 pts

18▲15Madisonville, KYKY19,42822.7%+2.5 pts

19▼12Campbellsville, KYKY11,78322.7%−2.7 pts

20▼2Middletown, KYKY9,94422.6%−0.2 pts

21▲6Winchester, KYKY19,51422.6%+1.5 pts

22▲30Pikeville, KYKY7,27022.3%+5.4 pts

23▼22Lebanon, KYKY6,69922.2%−6.8 pts

24▼7Danville, KYKY17,73622.2%−0.6 pts

25▲3Monticello, KYKY5,72122.2%+1.2 pts

26▼6Owensboro, KYKY60,89222.2%+0.3 pts

27▼12Newport, KYKY13,99821.8%−2.1 pts

28▼4Henderson, KYKY27,82221.7%+0.4 pts

29▼19Villa Hills, KYKY7,79721.4%−2.8 pts

30▼4Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41121.3%+0.2 pts

31▼25Leitchfield, KYKY7,01521.1%−5.3 pts

32▼21Paducah, KYKY26,73021.1%−3.0 pts

33▲6Fort Wright, KYKY6,24020.6%+1.7 pts

34▲12Lyndon, KYKY11,30120.6%+2.2 pts

35▲7Versailles, KYKY10,73420.6%+1.9 pts

36▲15Florence, KYKY34,01820.5%+2.8 pts

37▲8Corbin, KYKY7,91120.1%+1.6 pts

38▼1Bardstown, KYKY14,16119.8%+0.4 pts

39▼8Reidland, KYKY5,27719.5%−0.9 pts

40▼24Dayton, KYKY5,97419.0%−4.8 pts

41▼19Franklin, KYKY10,75919.0%−2.6 pts

42▼13Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57618.8%−2.1 pts

43▲20Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14418.8%+3.8 pts

44▲9Frankfort, KYKY28,65718.3%+1.4 pts

45▲3Louisville, KYKY641,96218.0%+0.2 pts

46▲10Alexandria, KYKY10,99418.0%+2.1 pts

47▲21Mount Washington, KYKY18,98917.8%+3.6 pts

48▲22Vine Grove, KYKY7,01817.7%+4.1 pts

49▼13Paris, KYKY10,13017.7%−1.8 pts

50Nicholasville, KYKY33,85717.6%−0.2 pts

51▼2Radcliff, KYKY22,57617.5%−0.3 pts

52▼18St. Matthews, KYKY17,86817.4%−2.4 pts

53▼21Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58617.2%−3.0 pts

54▲5Williamsburg, KYKY5,37116.9%+1.7 pts

55▼8Erlanger, KYKY20,15816.7%−1.2 pts

56▼2Covington, KYKY41,84716.6%−0.2 pts

57▼17Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44816.6%−2.3 pts

58Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14216.4%+1.2 pts

59▼40Central City, KYKY5,79316.2%−6.2 pts

60▲7Bellevue, KYKY5,84716.2%+1.9 pts

61▲8La Grange, KYKY10,66915.9%+2.1 pts

62▲4Highland Heights, KYKY6,34115.9%+1.4 pts

63▲2Lexington, KYKY329,75115.4%+0.6 pts

64▼9Murray, KYKY18,96415.3%−0.8 pts

65▲12Union, KYKY7,93715.0%+3.3 pts

66▼5Berea, KYKY16,66214.5%−0.5 pts

67▲4Burlington, KYKY18,00814.4%+0.9 pts

68▼4Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93114.4%−0.5 pts

69▼26Hillview, KYKY9,02014.3%−4.3 pts

70▼13Shelbyville, KYKY18,45314.1%−1.4 pts

71▼11Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32913.9%−1.2 pts

72▲2Bowling Green, KYKY78,50513.4%+0.2 pts

73▲6Elsmere, KYKY9,52112.9%+1.3 pts

74▲2Georgetown, KYKY40,88312.8%+0.6 pts

75▼3Richmond, KYKY40,66312.4%−1.0 pts

76▼1Wilmore, KYKY6,38012.1%−0.9 pts

77▼15Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75112.0%−3.0 pts

78Independence, KYKY30,19812.0%+0.3 pts

79▲3Crestwood, KYKY6,58211.8%+4.1 pts

80▲1Francisville, KYKY10,56510.3%+1.0 pts

81▼8Morehead, KYKY6,7769.5%−3.8 pts

82▼2Walton, KYKY5,8688.9%−2.4 pts

83Hebron, KYKY6,4078.0%+1.0 pts

84Oak Grove, KYKY7,8307.2%+2.2 pts

85Fort Knox, KYKY8,8364.3%+0.4 pts

86Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3560.1%−0.2 pts

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