RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Lowest poverty rate, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 15.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Mount Sterling, KY, up 22 places to #47.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01▲3Francisville, KYKY10,5651.7%–

02▲1Oakbrook, KYKY10,2112.5%+1.4 pts

03▼2Union, KYKY7,9372.9%+1.5 pts

04▲2Fort Wright, KYKY6,2403.0%−0.9 pts

05▲3Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.7%+1.2 pts

06▼1Edgewood, KYKY8,5033.8%+2.3 pts

07▲10Mount Washington, KYKY18,9895.3%−2.6 pts

08▲2Burlington, KYKY18,0085.5%+2.9 pts

09▲2Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1426.1%+1.3 pts

10▼8Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5756.4%+3.4 pts

11▲5Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1936.5%+2.2 pts

12▲9St. Matthews, KYKY17,8687.2%+0.4 pts

13▲1Alexandria, KYKY10,9947.7%+3.7 pts

14▼2Reidland, KYKY5,2777.9%+3.4 pts

15▲13La Grange, KYKY10,6698.0%−2.7 pts

16▼9Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7518.1%+4.6 pts

17▲2Crestwood, KYKY6,5828.1%+0.7 pts

18▲4Independence, KYKY30,1988.8%+2.2 pts

19▼4Fort Knox, KYKY8,8369.0%+2.4 pts

20▲7Middletown, KYKY9,9449.1%+5.0 pts

21▲4Lyndon, KYKY11,3019.2%+4.0 pts

22▼4Florence, KYKY34,0189.5%0.0 pts

23▼10Cold Spring, KYKY6,6409.9%+8.8 pts

24▲9Hebron, KYKY6,40710.0%–

25▼2Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14410.9%+6.1 pts

26▼17Vine Grove, KYKY7,01811.1%+0.9 pts

27▼7Hillview, KYKY9,02011.2%+4.0 pts

28▲2Bellevue, KYKY5,84711.4%+1.2 pts

29▲3Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35611.7%−1.4 pts

30▲16Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32912.0%+3.4 pts

31▲4Georgetown, KYKY40,88312.1%+1.4 pts

32▼6Wilmore, KYKY6,38012.5%+1.0 pts

33▼9Walton, KYKY5,86813.0%+5.3 pts

34▲15Nicholasville, KYKY33,85713.1%+1.5 pts

35▼6Erlanger, KYKY20,15813.7%+8.1 pts

36▼5Shelbyville, KYKY18,45314.5%−1.0 pts

37▲11Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57614.5%−2.6 pts

38▼4Bardstown, KYKY14,16114.7%−3.0 pts

39▲15Shively, KYKY15,89514.7%+0.2 pts

40▲2Lexington, KYKY329,75114.9%+2.1 pts

41▲6Elsmere, KYKY9,52115.6%+7.4 pts

42▲3Princeton, KYKY6,16815.8%−2.8 pts

43▼4Louisville, KYKY641,96215.8%–

44▲12Dayton, KYKY5,97415.9%−0.5 pts

45▲8Radcliff, KYKY22,57615.9%+3.5 pts

46▼3Versailles, KYKY10,73416.4%+2.3 pts

47▲22Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58616.9%−2.5 pts

48▼4Paris, KYKY10,13016.9%−0.9 pts

49▼12Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44817.0%+6.5 pts

50▼12Franklin, KYKY10,75917.1%+3.4 pts

51▲9Winchester, KYKY19,51417.3%+1.8 pts

52Danville, KYKY17,73617.4%+5.1 pts

53▲5Berea, KYKY16,66217.9%+0.4 pts

54▼13Flatwoods, KYKY7,43918.4%+6.9 pts

55▲7Henderson, KYKY27,82218.7%+2.2 pts

56▼1Owensboro, KYKY60,89218.9%+3.0 pts

57▼6Frankfort, KYKY28,65719.1%+5.1 pts

58▲5Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41119.3%+2.5 pts

59▲16Richmond, KYKY40,66319.5%−5.4 pts

60▲4Highland Heights, KYKY6,34119.9%+11.0 pts

61▲5Russellville, KYKY7,45420.7%−2.3 pts

62▲11Newport, KYKY13,99820.8%−1.6 pts

63▼2Covington, KYKY41,84720.8%+2.4 pts

64▼24Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93121.5%+6.3 pts

65▲14Glasgow, KYKY15,30221.9%+2.5 pts

66▼7Paducah, KYKY26,73022.3%−0.1 pts

67▼10Ashland, KYKY20,99622.4%+4.0 pts

68▼18Oak Grove, KYKY7,83023.1%+12.5 pts

69▼1Madisonville, KYKY19,42823.3%+6.9 pts

70▼3Campbellsville, KYKY11,78323.4%+1.8 pts

71▲3Murray, KYKY18,96424.1%+2.1 pts

72▼7Maysville, KYKY8,68824.3%+5.4 pts

73▲7Leitchfield, KYKY7,01524.3%+3.1 pts

74▼3Bowling Green, KYKY78,50525.6%+3.7 pts

75▲3Lebanon, KYKY6,69925.6%−4.7 pts

76▼40Central City, KYKY5,79325.6%+5.2 pts

77▼7Corbin, KYKY7,91126.0%+5.0 pts

78▲7Mayfield, KYKY9,85126.9%−0.6 pts

79▲2Pikeville, KYKY7,27027.1%+1.7 pts

80▲2Somerset, KYKY12,69527.2%+5.1 pts

81▼4London, KYKY7,63730.2%+9.5 pts

82▲1Monticello, KYKY5,72130.4%−3.7 pts

83▼11Cynthiana, KYKY6,57630.5%+14.4 pts

84▼8Williamsburg, KYKY5,37130.9%−4.5 pts

85▼1Middlesborough, KYKY8,77631.0%+2.8 pts

86Morehead, KYKY6,77638.0%+12.0 pts

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