# Cities in Kentucky by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 42 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Somerset, KY | 27.2 |
| 2 | Bowling Green, KY | 25.6 |
| 3 | Murray, KY | 24.1 |
| 4 | Campbellsville, KY | 23.4 |
| 5 | Madisonville, KY | 23.3 |
| 6 | Ashland, KY | 22.4 |
| 7 | Paducah, KY | 22.3 |
| 8 | Glasgow, KY | 21.9 |
| 9 | Shepherdsville, KY | 21.5 |
| 10 | Covington, KY | 20.8 |
| 11 | Newport, KY | 20.8 |
| 12 | Richmond, KY | 19.5 |
| 13 | Hopkinsville, KY | 19.3 |
| 14 | Frankfort, KY | 19.1 |
| 15 | Owensboro, KY | 18.9 |
| 16 | Henderson, KY | 18.7 |
| 17 | Berea, KY | 17.9 |
| 18 | Danville, KY | 17.5 |
| 19 | Winchester, KY | 17.3 |
| 20 | Franklin, KY | 17.1 |
| 21 | Elizabethtown, KY | 17 |
| 22 | Paris, KY | 16.9 |
| 23 | Versailles, KY | 16.4 |
| 24 | Radcliff, KY | 16 |
| 25 | Louisville, KY | 15.9 |
| 26 | Lexington, KY | 14.9 |
| 27 | Shively, KY | 14.7 |
| 28 | Bardstown, KY | 14.7 |
| 29 | Shelbyville, KY | 14.5 |
| 30 | Erlanger, KY | 13.7 |
| 31 | Nicholasville, KY | 13.1 |
| 32 | Georgetown, KY | 12.1 |
| 33 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 12 |
| 34 | Florence, KY | 9.5 |
| 35 | Lyndon, KY | 9.2 |
| 36 | Independence, KY | 8.8 |
| 37 | La Grange, KY | 8 |
| 38 | Alexandria, KY | 7.7 |
| 39 | St. Matthews, KY | 7.2 |
| 40 | Jeffersontown, KY | 6.5 |
| 41 | Fort Thomas, KY | 6.2 |
| 42 | Mount Washington, KY | 5.3 |