RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Oldest by median age, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by median age of residents (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 37.7. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Newport, KY, up 43 places to #14.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN AGEVS 2000

01Cold Spring, KYKY6,64052.0+28%

02▲6Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57549.9+25%

03▲15Shively, KYKY15,89547.5+17%

04Edgewood, KYKY8,50345.5+21%

05▼3Villa Hills, KYKY7,79743.6+11%

06▲6Russellville, KYKY7,45443.6+11%

07▲4Oakbrook, KYKY10,21143.4+27%

08▲6Middlesborough, KYKY8,77642.1+9%

09▲26Leitchfield, KYKY7,01542.0+21%

10▼1Middletown, KYKY9,94442.0+9%

11▲9Paducah, KYKY26,73041.5+4%

12▼6Maysville, KYKY8,68841.0+3%

13▲3Ashland, KYKY20,99640.70%

14▲43Newport, KYKY13,99840.6+23%

15▲22Monticello, KYKY5,72140.6+11%

16▲12Lebanon, KYKY6,69940.5+8%

17▲7Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19340.5+13%

18▼3Princeton, KYKY6,16840.5−4%

19▲41Pikeville, KYKY7,27040.4+11%

20▲22Winchester, KYKY19,51440.1+15%

21▲37Crestwood, KYKY6,58240.0+14%

22▲3London, KYKY7,63740.00%

23▼2Henderson, KYKY27,82239.9+8%

24▼17Somerset, KYKY12,69539.8−1%

25▲15Dayton, KYKY5,97439.6+24%

26▲23Union, KYKY7,93739.5+23%

27▼10Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14439.2+9%

28▲27Mount Washington, KYKY18,98939.2+23%

29▼6Versailles, KYKY10,73439.0+5%

30▲22Francisville, KYKY10,56538.9–

31▲17Florence, KYKY34,01838.9+18%

32▲7Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14238.8+3%

33▼30Reidland, KYKY5,27738.4−9%

34▼8Madisonville, KYKY19,42838.3−1%

35▼30Flatwoods, KYKY7,43938.2−4%

36▲18Bardstown, KYKY14,16138.1+15%

37▲7Erlanger, KYKY20,15838.0+11%

38▼7Alexandria, KYKY10,99437.9+14%

39▲4Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58637.8+3%

40▼6Danville, KYKY17,73637.8+3%

41▼19Glasgow, KYKY15,30237.8−6%

42▼6Paris, KYKY10,13037.8+4%

43▲13Burlington, KYKY18,00837.7+22%

44▼17Louisville, KYKY641,96237.7–

45▼13Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57637.7+5%

46▲19Nicholasville, KYKY33,85737.7+20%

47▼28Corbin, KYKY7,91137.6−6%

48▲16Covington, KYKY41,84737.6+14%

49▲13Mayfield, KYKY9,85137.5−4%

50▼21Central City, KYKY5,79337.5−1%

51▼41Fort Wright, KYKY6,24037.5−5%

52▼11Owensboro, KYKY60,89237.50%

53▼23Vine Grove, KYKY7,01837.4+1%

54▲15Campbellsville, KYKY11,78337.2−2%

55▲8Radcliff, KYKY22,57636.9+13%

56▼43Cynthiana, KYKY6,57636.9−7%

57▼4Hillview, KYKY9,02036.6+15%

58▼12St. Matthews, KYKY17,86836.5−1%

59▲2Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75136.4+1%

60▼1Lyndon, KYKY11,30136.0+8%

61▼11Franklin, KYKY10,75935.8−1%

62▼15Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44835.7−1%

63▼18Frankfort, KYKY28,65735.3−2%

64▲2Lexington, KYKY329,75135.3+7%

65▼32Bellevue, KYKY5,84735.2+2%

66▲2La Grange, KYKY10,66934.8+8%

67▲3Shelbyville, KYKY18,45334.8+10%

68▲3Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93134.7+19%

69▼31Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41134.6−1%

70▼19Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32934.1+2%

71▼4Independence, KYKY30,19833.7+8%

72Berea, KYKY16,66233.2+9%

73Georgetown, KYKY40,88332.7+12%

74▲8Highland Heights, KYKY6,34130.8−9%

75Elsmere, KYKY9,52130.6−2%

76▼2Hebron, KYKY6,40730.4–

77▼1Walton, KYKY5,86829.9−9%

78Wilmore, KYKY6,38029.2+14%

79▼2Bowling Green, KYKY78,50528.70%

80▼1Richmond, KYKY40,66328.4+12%

81▼1Murray, KYKY18,96425.8−3%

82▲1Oak Grove, KYKY7,83025.5+7%

83▼2Williamsburg, KYKY5,37124.8−17%

84Fort Knox, KYKY8,83624.0+9%

85Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35622.2+4%

86Morehead, KYKY6,77622.0−12%

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