RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Youngest by median age, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities with the youngest median age (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: Cynthiana, KY, up 43 places to #31.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN AGEVS 2000

01Morehead, KYKY6,77622.0−12%

02Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35622.2+4%

03Fort Knox, KYKY8,83624.0+9%

04▲2Williamsburg, KYKY5,37124.8−17%

05▼1Oak Grove, KYKY7,83025.5+7%

06▲1Murray, KYKY18,96425.8−3%

07▲1Richmond, KYKY40,66328.4+12%

08▲2Bowling Green, KYKY78,50528.70%

09Wilmore, KYKY6,38029.2+14%

10▲1Walton, KYKY5,86829.9−9%

11▲1Hebron, KYKY6,40730.4–

12▲1Elsmere, KYKY9,52130.6−2%

13▼8Highland Heights, KYKY6,34130.8−9%

14Georgetown, KYKY40,88332.7+12%

15Berea, KYKY16,66233.2+9%

16▲4Independence, KYKY30,19833.7+8%

17▲19Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32934.1+2%

18▲31Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41134.6−1%

19▼3Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93134.7+19%

20▼1La Grange, KYKY10,66934.8+8%

21▼4Shelbyville, KYKY18,45334.8+10%

22▲32Bellevue, KYKY5,84735.2+2%

23▼2Lexington, KYKY329,75135.3+7%

24▲20Frankfort, KYKY28,65735.3−2%

25▲15Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44835.7−1%

26▲12Franklin, KYKY10,75935.8−1%

27▲1Lyndon, KYKY11,30136.0+8%

28▼1Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75136.4+1%

29▲12St. Matthews, KYKY17,86836.5−1%

30▲4Hillview, KYKY9,02036.6+15%

31▲43Cynthiana, KYKY6,57636.9−7%

32▼8Radcliff, KYKY22,57636.9+13%

33▼15Campbellsville, KYKY11,78337.2−2%

34▲22Vine Grove, KYKY7,01837.4+1%

35▼10Mayfield, KYKY9,85137.5−4%

36▲23Central City, KYKY5,79337.5−1%

37▲10Owensboro, KYKY60,89237.50%

38▲39Fort Wright, KYKY6,24037.5−5%

39▲28Corbin, KYKY7,91137.6−6%

40▼18Covington, KYKY41,84737.6+14%

41▼10Burlington, KYKY18,00837.7+22%

42▲19Louisville, KYKY641,96237.7–

43▼20Nicholasville, KYKY33,85737.7+20%

44▲11Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57637.7+5%

45▼3Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58637.8+3%

46▲7Danville, KYKY17,73637.8+3%

47▲4Paris, KYKY10,13037.8+4%

48▲16Glasgow, KYKY15,30237.8−6%

49▲8Alexandria, KYKY10,99437.9+14%

50▼7Erlanger, KYKY20,15838.0+11%

51▼18Bardstown, KYKY14,16138.1+15%

52▲30Flatwoods, KYKY7,43938.2−4%

53▲7Madisonville, KYKY19,42838.3−1%

54▲30Reidland, KYKY5,27738.4−9%

55▼7Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14238.8+3%

56▼21Francisville, KYKY10,56538.9–

57▼18Florence, KYKY34,01838.9+18%

58▲8Versailles, KYKY10,73439.0+5%

59▼27Mount Washington, KYKY18,98939.2+23%

60▲10Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14439.2+9%

61▼24Union, KYKY7,93739.5+23%

62▼16Dayton, KYKY5,97439.6+24%

63▲17Somerset, KYKY12,69539.8−1%

64▲1Henderson, KYKY27,82239.9+8%

65▼36Crestwood, KYKY6,58240.0+14%

66▼3London, KYKY7,63740.00%

67▼22Winchester, KYKY19,51440.1+15%

68▼42Pikeville, KYKY7,27040.4+11%

69▼11Lebanon, KYKY6,69940.5+8%

70▼8Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19340.5+13%

71▲1Princeton, KYKY6,16840.5−4%

72▼20Monticello, KYKY5,72140.6+11%

73▼43Newport, KYKY13,99840.6+23%

74▼3Ashland, KYKY20,99640.70%

75▲6Maysville, KYKY8,68841.0+3%

76▼8Paducah, KYKY26,73041.5+4%

77▼27Leitchfield, KYKY7,01542.0+21%

78Middletown, KYKY9,94442.0+9%

79▼6Middlesborough, KYKY8,77642.1+9%

80▼4Oakbrook, KYKY10,21143.4+27%

81▲4Villa Hills, KYKY7,79743.6+11%

82▼7Russellville, KYKY7,45443.6+11%

83Edgewood, KYKY8,50345.5+21%

84▼15Shively, KYKY15,89547.5+17%

85▼6Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57549.9+25%

86Cold Spring, KYKY6,64052.0+28%

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