Cities in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky has 89 published cities; the largest is Louisville, with 627,210 residents. The median gross salary runs from €2,083 to €5,793 a month across 14 cities.
Published cities in Kentucky
Sorted by population. A dash means the city has no published figure of its own for that column.
| City | Population | Net rent, €/m²/mo | Median gross salary, €/mo | Unemployment, % | PM2.5, µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 627,210 | — | €3,210 | — | — |
| Lexington | 329,437 | — | €3,112 | 4.9 | — |
| Lexington-Fayette urban county | 321,122 | — | €3,217 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| Bowling Green | 78,505 | — | — | — | — |
| Owensboro | 60,892 | — | — | — | — |
| Covington | 41,847 | — | — | — | — |
| Georgetown | 40,883 | — | — | — | — |
| Richmond | 40,663 | — | — | — | 6.7 |
| Elizabethtown | 35,448 | — | — | — | 6.0 |
| Florence | 34,018 | — | — | — | 8.8 |
| Nicholasville | 33,857 | — | — | — | — |
| Hopkinsville | 30,411 | — | — | — | — |
| Independence | 30,198 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeffersontown | 29,193 | — | — | — | 7.2 |
| Frankfort | 28,657 | — | — | — | — |
| Henderson | 27,822 | — | — | — | 5.3 |
| Paducah | 26,730 | — | — | — | 6.9 |
| Radcliff | 22,576 | — | — | — | — |
| Ashland | 20,996 | — | — | — | 6.6 |
| Erlanger | 20,158 | — | — | — | — |
| Winchester | 19,514 | — | — | — | — |
| Madisonville | 19,428 | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Washington | 18,989 | — | — | — | — |
| Murray | 18,964 | — | — | — | 9.6 |
| Shelbyville | 18,453 | — | — | — | — |
| St. Matthews | 17,806 | — | €4,049 | 3.8 | — |
| Danville | 17,736 | — | — | — | — |
| Burlington | 17,318 | — | €3,862 | 2.5 | — |
| Fort Thomas | 17,142 | — | — | — | — |
| Berea | 16,662 | — | — | — | — |
| Shively | 15,895 | — | — | — | — |
| Glasgow | 15,302 | — | — | — | — |
| Shepherdsville | 14,931 | — | — | — | — |
| Bardstown | 14,161 | — | — | — | — |
| Newport | 13,998 | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Campbell North | 12,825 | — | €2,627 | 17.4 | — |
| Somerset | 12,695 | — | — | — | 6.6 |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,329 | — | — | — | — |
| Campbellsville | 11,783 | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon | 11,301 | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandria | 10,994 | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin | 10,759 | — | — | — | — |
| Versailles | 10,734 | — | — | — | — |
| La Grange | 10,669 | — | — | — | — |
| Paris | 10,130 | — | — | — | — |
| Francisville | 9,952 | — | €5,793 | 1.3 | — |
| Middletown | 9,944 | — | — | — | 7.9 |
| Mayfield | 9,851 | — | — | — | — |
| Harrodsburg | 9,576 | — | — | — | — |
| Elsmere | 9,521 | — | — | — | — |
| Middlesboro | 9,123 | — | €2,083 | 8.5 | — |
| Hillview | 9,020 | — | — | — | — |
| Middlesborough | 8,899 | — | €2,083 | — | 8.0 |
| Fort Mitchell | 8,751 | — | — | — | — |
| Maysville | 8,688 | — | — | — | — |
| Edgewood | 8,503 | — | — | — | 5.9 |
| Union | 7,937 | — | — | — | 5.8 |
| Corbin | 7,911 | — | — | — | — |
| Oak Grove | 7,830 | — | — | — | — |
| Villa Hills | 7,797 | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Knox | 7,742 | — | €3,402 | 15.1 | — |
| London | 7,637 | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Sterling | 7,586 | — | — | — | — |
| Russellville | 7,454 | — | — | — | — |
| Flatwoods | 7,439 | — | — | — | — |
| Pikeville | 7,270 | — | — | — | 6.0 |
| Taylor Mill | 7,144 | — | — | — | — |
| Vine Grove | 7,018 | — | — | — | — |
| Leitchfield | 7,015 | — | — | — | — |
| Morehead | 6,776 | — | — | — | — |
| Lebanon | 6,699 | — | — | — | 4.7 |
| Cold Spring | 6,640 | — | — | — | — |
| Cynthiana | 6,576 | — | — | — | — |
| Crestwood | 6,493 | — | — | — | — |
| Wilmore | 6,380 | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Heights | 6,341 | — | — | — | 6.3 |
| Fort Wright | 6,240 | — | — | — | — |
| Hebron | 6,195 | — | €3,961 | 3.2 | — |
| Princeton | 6,168 | — | — | — | — |
| Dayton | 5,974 | — | — | — | 7.7 |
| Bellevue | 5,847 | — | — | — | 7.6 |
| Walton | 5,803 | — | — | — | — |
| Central City | 5,793 | — | — | — | — |
| Buckner | 5,785 | — | €5,678 | 2.1 | — |
| Monticello | 5,721 | — | — | — | — |
| Douglass Hills | 5,575 | — | — | — | — |
| Williamsburg | 5,371 | — | — | — | — |
| Hazard | 4,808 | — | €3,338 | 7.1 | — |
| Knottsville | 183 | — | €5,428 | 0.0 | — |
Within Kentucky
Highest median gross salary
- Francisville: €5,793 a month (2020)
- Buckner: €5,678 a month (2020)
- Knottsville: €5,428 a month (2020)
- St. Matthews: €4,049 a month (2020)
- Hebron: €3,961 a month (2020)
Cleanest air
- Lebanon: 4.7 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Henderson: 5.3 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Union: 5.8 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Edgewood: 5.9 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Elizabethtown: 6.0 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
Sources
Each figure in the table comes from the city's own record; open a city for the source of each value and its date.
- ACS 2024 1-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings), place records
- 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables
- api.census.gov
- EPA AQS annual PM2.5 monitor data 2024
- ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)
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