2025 Population Estimates Program
Largest covered places
2025 population estimate
- Louisville641,962
- Lexington-Fayette329,751
- Bowling Green78,505
- Owensboro60,892
- Covington41,847
State guide
Kentucky,
place by place.
Explore 42 covered Census places, from the largest metros to the smaller cities that shape the state.
The covered directory
A state in context.
These figures summarize City Atlas profiles, not statewide Census estimates. Each place uses the same sources and data vintage.
- Places covered
- 42 With 10,000+ residents and a complete ACS profile
- Combined population
- 1,915,004 Sum of covered Census places
- Median place income
- $60,760 Middle value across covered places
- Median place home
- $209,000 Middle value across covered places
Metric by metric
Five ways to view Kentucky.
Each list orders up to five covered Census places by the stated metric. These are covered-place comparisons, not official statewide estimates or recommendations.
ACS 2020-2024
lower median home values
Median owner-occupied home value
- Ashland$125,000
- Somerset$144,000
- Shively$154,700
- Henderson$160,100
- Madisonville$164,100
2025 estimates
higher annual population growth
2024 to 2025 estimated population change
- Elizabethtown+2.8%
- Richmond+2.7%
- Murray+2.3%
- Somerset+1.8%
- Alexandria+1.8%
ACS 2020-2024
shorter commutes
Mean commute time
- Murray12.3 min
- Paducah15.7 min
- Campbellsville16.6 min
- Frankfort17 min
- Owensboro17.1 min
NOAA 1991-2020
warmer average high temperatures
Average annual high temperature
- Bowling Green69.7°F
- Franklin69.7°F
- Paducah69.3°F
- Murray69.3°F
- Hopkinsville69.1°F
Explore Kentucky
Every covered place.
Louisville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 641,962
- Median home
- $233,900
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 329,751
- Median home
- $293,500
Bowling Green, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 78,505
- Median home
- $241,900
Owensboro, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 60,892
- Median home
- $178,900
Covington, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 41,847
- Median home
- $187,300
Georgetown, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 40,883
- Median home
- $265,400
Richmond, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 40,663
- Median home
- $214,900
Elizabethtown, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 35,448
- Median home
- $245,900
Florence, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 34,018
- Median home
- $210,700
Nicholasville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 33,857
- Median home
- $226,800
Hopkinsville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 30,411
- Median home
- $172,100
Independence, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 30,198
- Median home
- $263,700
Jeffersontown, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 29,193
- Median home
- $250,700
Frankfort, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 28,657
- Median home
- $183,700
Henderson, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 27,822
- Median home
- $160,100
Paducah, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 26,730
- Median home
- $165,300
Radcliff, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 22,576
- Median home
- $169,600
Ashland, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 20,996
- Median home
- $125,000
Erlanger, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 20,158
- Median home
- $209,000
Winchester, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 19,514
- Median home
- $188,300
Madisonville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 19,428
- Median home
- $164,100
Mount Washington, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 18,989
- Median home
- $268,200
Murray, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 18,964
- Median home
- $195,000
Shelbyville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 18,453
- Median home
- $257,100
St. Matthews, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 17,868
- Median home
- $338,000
Danville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 17,736
- Median home
- $207,600
Fort Thomas, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 17,142
- Median home
- $335,000
Berea, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 16,662
- Median home
- $199,900
Shively, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 15,895
- Median home
- $154,700
Glasgow, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 15,302
- Median home
- $173,900
Shepherdsville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 14,931
- Median home
- $222,100
Bardstown, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 14,161
- Median home
- $203,500
Newport, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 13,998
- Median home
- $217,600
Somerset, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 12,695
- Median home
- $144,000
Lawrenceburg, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 12,329
- Median home
- $201,100
Campbellsville, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 11,783
- Median home
- $164,600
Lyndon, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 11,301
- Median home
- $276,800
Alexandria, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 10,994
- Median home
- $284,800
Franklin, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 10,759
- Median home
- $195,400
Versailles, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 10,734
- Median home
- $286,100
La Grange, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 10,669
- Median home
- $283,200
Paris, KY
Population, housing, work, and travel data for this Census place.
- Population
- 10,130
- Median home
- $186,300