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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Most rooted, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2024 ACS). These are the places where people stay put. This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 84.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Campbellsville, KY, up 52 places to #28.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS 2020
01▲8Edgewood, KYKY8,50395.1%+5.2 pts
02▲27Hebron, KYKY6,40794.3%+9.0 pts
03▲7Hillview, KYKY9,02093.7%+4.0 pts
04▲1Reidland, KYKY5,27793.5%+1.7 pts
05▲7Princeton, KYKY6,16893.0%+3.5 pts
06▲14Independence, KYKY30,19892.9%+5.9 pts
07▲1Shively, KYKY15,89592.8%+2.0 pts
08▲39Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93192.5%+10.2 pts
09▼3Fort Wright, KYKY6,24092.3%+1.1 pts
10▲39Paris, KYKY10,13092.3%+10.7 pts
11▼7Francisville, KYKY10,56591.4%−0.5 pts
12▲5Mount Washington, KYKY18,98991.2%+3.8 pts
13▼10Cold Spring, KYKY6,64091.0%−1.1 pts
14▼12Villa Hills, KYKY7,79790.7%−3.5 pts
15▲48Corbin, KYKY7,91190.4%+11.4 pts
16▼15Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14490.3%−5.0 pts
17▼1Flatwoods, KYKY7,43990.0%+2.5 pts
18▼5Crestwood, KYKY6,58290.0%+0.8 pts
19▲15Middlesborough, KYKY8,77689.9%+5.2 pts
20▲1Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19389.7%+2.8 pts
21▲14Shelbyville, KYKY18,45389.5%+4.9 pts
22▼11Oakbrook, KYKY10,21189.4%−0.2 pts
23▼1Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14289.0%+2.7 pts
24▲3Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57588.9%+3.5 pts
25Alexandria, KYKY10,99488.6%+2.8 pts
26▲13Glasgow, KYKY15,30288.5%+4.9 pts
27▼9Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75188.4%+1.3 pts
28▲52Campbellsville, KYKY11,78388.3%+16.9 pts
29▲23Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32988.2%+7.4 pts
30▼15Paducah, KYKY26,73087.9%−0.2 pts
31▲6Henderson, KYKY27,82287.8%+3.8 pts
32▼2Erlanger, KYKY20,15887.6%+2.3 pts
33▲11Maysville, KYKY8,68887.5%+5.1 pts
34▼27Union, KYKY7,93787.3%−3.7 pts
35▼7Burlington, KYKY18,00887.0%+1.6 pts
36▲9Nicholasville, KYKY33,85786.8%+4.5 pts
37▲6Bardstown, KYKY14,16186.3%+3.5 pts
38▼2Louisville, KYKY641,96286.3%+2.0 pts
39▼7Versailles, KYKY10,73485.4%+0.7 pts
40▲28Winchester, KYKY19,51485.3%+7.0 pts
41▲7Owensboro, KYKY60,89285.3%+3.3 pts
42▲25Pikeville, KYKY7,27085.1%+6.4 pts
43▲34Danville, KYKY17,73684.7%+8.7 pts
44▲7Florence, KYKY34,01884.7%+3.6 pts
45▼3Bellevue, KYKY5,84784.4%+1.3 pts
46▼13Walton, KYKY5,86884.3%−0.3 pts
47▲37Oak Grove, KYKY7,83084.2%+18.8 pts
48▲7Somerset, KYKY12,69583.9%+3.6 pts
49▲15Berea, KYKY16,66283.7%+4.7 pts
50▲15Covington, KYKY41,84783.6%+4.7 pts
51▼13Ashland, KYKY20,99683.6%−0.2 pts
52▼2London, KYKY7,63783.4%+2.1 pts
53▼27Mayfield, KYKY9,85183.4%−2.3 pts
54▼14Franklin, KYKY10,75983.3%0.0 pts
55▼14Lebanon, KYKY6,69983.2%0.0 pts
56▲15Radcliff, KYKY22,57683.2%+5.2 pts
57▲17Vine Grove, KYKY7,01883.1%+5.8 pts
58▲8Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58683.0%+4.2 pts
59▼45Russellville, KYKY7,45482.8%−5.9 pts
60▼7Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57682.6%+2.0 pts
61▼42Leitchfield, KYKY7,01582.0%−5.0 pts
62▲11Frankfort, KYKY28,65781.7%+4.3 pts
63▼7Lyndon, KYKY11,30181.5%+1.3 pts
64▼3Georgetown, KYKY40,88381.4%+2.0 pts
65▼5Madisonville, KYKY19,42881.0%+1.3 pts
66▼12Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44880.9%+0.5 pts
67▼36Middletown, KYKY9,94480.9%−4.1 pts
68▼10Highland Heights, KYKY6,34180.7%+0.9 pts
69▼46Dayton, KYKY5,97480.7%−5.6 pts
70▲2La Grange, KYKY10,66980.5%+2.8 pts
71▲4Lexington, KYKY329,75179.8%+2.7 pts
72▼13Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41179.6%−0.2 pts
73▼16Cynthiana, KYKY6,57679.6%−0.4 pts
74▼5Wilmore, KYKY6,38079.4%+1.2 pts
75▼5St. Matthews, KYKY17,86877.7%−0.4 pts
76▼52Monticello, KYKY5,72177.2%−8.8 pts
77▲5Richmond, KYKY40,66377.0%+8.6 pts
78▼16Elsmere, KYKY9,52176.6%−2.5 pts
79▼3Central City, KYKY5,79375.9%−0.1 pts
80▲3Morehead, KYKY6,77675.0%+8.0 pts
81▼35Newport, KYKY13,99873.7%−8.6 pts
82▼1Bowling Green, KYKY78,50572.7%+2.6 pts
83▼4Williamsburg, KYKY5,37172.6%−0.1 pts
84▼6Murray, KYKY18,96471.7%−2.4 pts
85Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35669.7%+6.3 pts
86Fort Knox, KYKY8,83665.7%+17.4 pts
SHOWING 1–86 OF 86

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