Small towns in Kentucky
140 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 72 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Kentucky outside metro areas, everyday prices run 14.7% below the U.S. average, and housing 51% below.
Closest to a big city
- Silver Grove9 miles to Cincinnati
- Mount Washington10 miles to Louisville/Jefferson County
- Simpsonville17 miles to Louisville/Jefferson County
- Buckner19 miles to Louisville/Jefferson County
- Taylorsville19 miles to Louisville/Jefferson County
Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.
Lowest home values
- Fulton$56,300
- Providence$60,300
- Earlington$64,000
- Cumberland$66,500
- Clinton$67,100
Typical value of an owner-occupied home.
Growing fastest
- Wheelwrightup 110% since 2020
- Elktonup 16% since 2020
- Richmondup 15% since 2020
- Elizabethtownup 13% since 2020
- Auburnup 10% since 2020
College towns
Hospital in town
- AlbanyThe Medical Center at Albany
- BarbourvilleKnox County Hospital
- BentonMarshall County Hospital
- BereaCHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf
- CadizTrigg County Hospital
- CampbellsvilleTaylor Regional Hospital
- CarrolltonCarroll County Memorial Hospital
- ColumbiaTj Health Columbia
Every town in Kentucky
Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.
| Town | People | Since 2020 | Typical home | Household income | Miles to a big city | Miles to an ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 1,729 | -1.3% | $111,100 | $44,007 | 83 | In town |
| Alexandria suburb | 10,994 | +6% | $284,800 | $102,239 | 14 | 8 |
| Anchorage suburb | 2,547 | +1.9% | $854,200 | $199,375 | 9 | 6 |
| Auburn | 1,742 | +10% | $122,900 | $53,897 | 48 | 10 |
| Audubon Park suburb | 1,457 | +1.5% | $362,700 | $100,972 | 5 | 3 |
| Augusta | 1,099 | +0.1% | $51,250 | 37 | 14 | |
| Barbourmeade suburb | 1,241 | +1.7% | $384,900 | $116,875 | 10 | 5 |
| Barbourville | 3,064 | -4.9% | $182,400 | $22,046 | 62 | In town |
| Bardstown | 14,161 | +4.3% | $203,500 | $51,381 | 26 | 5 |
| Beattyville | 2,114 | -2.6% | $113,600 | $22,880 | 112 | 17 |
| Beaver Dam | 3,537 | +0.1% | $167,900 | $53,944 | 85 | 3 |
| Beechwood Village suburb | 1,297 | +1.6% | $343,600 | $118,333 | 6 | 1 |
| Bellevue suburb | 5,847 | +5.4% | $206,500 | $71,166 | 3 | 2 |
| Benton | 4,718 | -1% | $157,000 | $66,827 | 99 | In town |
| Berea | 16,662 | +6.9% | $199,900 | $59,495 | 84 | In town |
| Bloomfield | 1,011 | +4.9% | $182,100 | $55,063 | 25 | 12 |
| Brandenburg | 3,003 | +3.6% | $214,700 | $49,844 | 31 | 15 |
| Brodhead | 1,116 | -0.2% | $150,200 | $35,333 | 85 | 6 |
| Buckner | 4,119 | $425,400 | $164,219 | 19 | 4 | |
| Burgin | 1,027 | +4.6% | $193,000 | $77,585 | 56 | 5 |
| Burkesville | 1,389 | +1.7% | $117,300 | $34,444 | 90 | 3 |
| Burlington suburb | 18,008 | $254,300 | $109,308 | 14 | 5 | |
| Cadiz | 2,771 | +7.5% | $149,800 | $44,152 | 75 | In town |
| Calvert City | 2,510 | -0.3% | $165,700 | $48,906 | 108 | 13 |
| Camargo | 1,051 | +2.9% | $151,400 | $47,625 | 86 | 6 |
| Campbellsville | 11,783 | +2.9% | $164,600 | $49,644 | 59 | In town |
| Carlisle | 2,122 | +0.9% | $101,500 | $49,201 | 62 | 13 |
| Carrollton | 3,964 | +1.9% | $113,200 | $45,871 | 44 | In town |
| Catlettsburg suburb | 1,722 | -2.7% | $82,500 | $38,276 | 110 | 4 |
| Cave City | 2,398 | +1.7% | $116,700 | $27,589 | 73 | 3 |
| Central City | 5,793 | -0.4% | $143,600 | $50,885 | 80 | 8 |
| Claryville suburb | 3,251 | $278,200 | $81,458 | 16 | 11 | |
| Clay | 1,004 | -2% | $74,400 | $61,250 | 107 | 12 |
| Clay City | 1,174 | -1.5% | $23,816 | 94 | 11 | |
| Clinton | 1,177 | -3.2% | $67,100 | $34,464 | 121 | 18 |
| Cloverport | 1,153 | +3.1% | $84,800 | $36,991 | 58 | 11 |
| Coal Run Village | 1,565 | -5.7% | $132,400 | $52,750 | 133 | 4 |
| Cold Spring suburb | 6,640 | +6.1% | $253,600 | $75,000 | 9 | 5 |
| Coldstream suburb | 1,325 | +2.4% | $277,700 | $109,226 | 12 | 8 |
| Columbia | 4,680 | -3.2% | $143,600 | $47,299 | 76 | In town |
| Corbin | 7,911 | +1.1% | $166,000 | $51,065 | 67 | In town |
| Crescent Springs suburb | 4,708 | +9.7% | $302,100 | $83,066 | 7 | 3 |
| Crestview Hills suburb | 3,301 | +1.8% | $279,800 | $95,441 | 9 | In town |
| Crestwood suburb | 6,582 | +5.6% | $338,200 | $108,046 | 15 | 7 |
| Crittenden | 4,185 | +3.8% | $223,800 | $57,283 | 25 | 10 |
| Cumberland | 1,761 | -9.1% | $66,500 | $35,410 | 88 | 13 |
| Cynthiana | 6,576 | +3.7% | $172,500 | $54,647 | 53 | In town |
| Danville | 17,736 | +2.4% | $207,600 | $52,646 | 60 | In town |
| Dawson Springs | 2,231 | -9% | $70,000 | $32,838 | 85 | 12 |
| Dayton suburb | 5,974 | +5.3% | $163,500 | $65,992 | 3 | 2 |
| Douglass Hills suburb | 5,575 | +2.1% | $346,300 | $78,482 | 7 | 5 |
| Dry Ridge | 2,249 | +3.5% | $216,800 | $55,995 | 32 | 3 |
| Earlington | 1,262 | +0.1% | $64,000 | $38,194 | 86 | 5 |
| Eddyville | 2,306 | -3.2% | $188,400 | $55,625 | 95 | 11 |
| Edgewood suburb | 8,503 | +0.8% | $312,200 | $119,028 | 10 | In town |
| Edmonton | 1,713 | +1.9% | $104,000 | $51,272 | 82 | 16 |
| Elizabethtown | 35,448 | +12.9% | $245,900 | $60,760 | 34 | In town |
| Elkton | 2,387 | +15.8% | $125,000 | $48,777 | 49 | 15 |
| Elsmere suburb | 9,521 | +3.9% | $171,900 | $60,503 | 11 | 2 |
| Eminence | 2,823 | +4.2% | $192,600 | $41,734 | 29 | 11 |
| Falmouth | 2,200 | -0.6% | $100,800 | $34,756 | 34 | 13 |
| Farley suburb | 4,458 | $86,300 | $47,292 | 116 | 4 | |
| Flatwoods suburb | 7,439 | -0.7% | $114,600 | $59,972 | 102 | 6 |
| Flemingsburg | 3,005 | +2.1% | $132,800 | $35,493 | 64 | In town |
| Fort Mitchell suburb | 8,751 | +0.6% | $357,100 | $86,310 | 7 | 3 |
| Fort Thomas suburb | 17,142 | -1.6% | $335,000 | $104,350 | 5 | In town |
| Fort Wright suburb | 6,240 | +7.5% | $328,900 | $105,024 | 7 | 3 |
| Francisville suburb | 10,565 | $398,000 | $159,371 | 12 | 8 | |
| Frankfort | 28,657 | +0.1% | $183,700 | $53,073 | 42 | 3 |
| Franklin | 10,759 | +5.4% | $195,400 | $59,052 | 40 | In town |
| Fulton | 2,252 | -4.5% | $56,300 | $36,040 | 115 | 11 |
| Georgetown | 40,883 | +8.2% | $265,400 | $80,088 | 61 | 5 |
| Glasgow | 15,302 | +1.8% | $173,900 | $43,074 | 75 | In town |
| Graymoor-Devondale suburb | 2,832 | -0.5% | $338,000 | $96,667 | 8 | 3 |
| Grayson | 3,728 | -2.8% | $136,900 | $27,542 | 101 | 19 |
| Greensburg | 2,248 | +3.3% | $140,400 | $39,419 | 63 | In town |
| Greenup suburb | 1,069 | -2.5% | $143,000 | $40,313 | 98 | 12 |
| Greenville | 4,350 | -2.9% | $116,400 | $46,054 | 75 | In town |
| Guthrie | 1,395 | +4.3% | $134,200 | $35,952 | 39 | 8 |
| Hardinsburg | 2,513 | +5.2% | $150,800 | $55,795 | 52 | In town |
| Harlan | 1,822 | -8.8% | $89,200 | $32,408 | 70 | 2 |
| Harrodsburg | 9,576 | +4.4% | $154,200 | $48,381 | 51 | In town |
| Hartford | 2,665 | +0% | $106,900 | $61,445 | 84 | In town |
| Hawesville | 1,017 | -0.8% | $153,100 | $50,000 | 63 | 6 |
| Hazard | 4,794 | -8.6% | $145,400 | 98 | In town | |
| Hebron suburb | 6,407 | $239,300 | $106,719 | 12 | 5 | |
| Hebron Estates suburb | 1,056 | +4.4% | $290,200 | $54,861 | 8 | 13 |
| Henderson | 27,822 | -1.1% | $160,100 | $48,186 | 108 | In town |
| Hendron suburb | 4,495 | $213,900 | $71,610 | 119 | In town | |
| Heritage Creek suburb | 1,244 | +2.8% | $270,500 | $100,294 | 6 | 10 |
| Hickman | 2,258 | -4.2% | $70,800 | $34,653 | 110 | 13 |
| Highland Heights suburb | 6,341 | -4.6% | $169,700 | $53,275 | 8 | 3 |
| Hillview suburb | 9,020 | +4.3% | $186,300 | $68,111 | 8 | 13 |
| Hodgenville | 3,378 | +0.9% | $151,400 | $57,739 | 42 | 13 |
| Hopkinsville | 30,411 | -2.4% | $172,100 | $49,139 | 60 | In town |
| Horse Cave | 2,276 | +2.7% | $113,700 | $51,118 | 70 | In town |
| Hurstbourne suburb | 4,787 | +2.1% | $542,600 | $116,094 | 6 | 3 |
| Hurstbourne Acres suburb | 2,003 | +2.3% | $321,300 | $66,891 | 5 | 3 |
| Indian Hills suburb | 2,939 | +1.8% | $699,200 | $192,000 | 9 | 4 |
| Irvine | 2,273 | -3.5% | $139,200 | $42,805 | 97 | In town |
| Irvington | 1,396 | +3.4% | $116,700 | $47,500 | 40 | 12 |
| Jackson | 2,054 | -8.2% | $77,500 | $32,683 | 115 | In town |
| Jamestown | 1,901 | +2.4% | $121,800 | $20,541 | 87 | 5 |
| Jeffersonville | 2,137 | +3.8% | $140,900 | $56,250 | 90 | 11 |
| Jenkins | 1,733 | -8.6% | $80,200 | $27,200 | 110 | 10 |
| Junction City | 2,346 | +3.1% | $117,100 | $45,938 | 62 | 4 |
| La Grange | 10,669 | +5.8% | $283,200 | $88,464 | 22 | In town |
| Lakeside Park suburb | 2,847 | +0% | $360,400 | 8 | 2 | |
| Lancaster | 4,111 | +5.2% | $175,300 | $43,898 | 69 | 6 |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,329 | +5% | $201,100 | $66,486 | 41 | 9 |
| Lebanon | 6,699 | +6.4% | $149,700 | $45,479 | 46 | In town |
| Lebanon Junction | 1,837 | +4.7% | $156,000 | $54,778 | 23 | 11 |
| Leitchfield | 7,015 | +3.4% | $159,100 | $44,347 | 58 | In town |
| Lewisport | 1,747 | -1.5% | $138,200 | $55,873 | 70 | 10 |
| Liberty | 2,021 | -0.3% | $122,300 | $28,704 | 70 | In town |
| Livermore | 1,197 | -2.3% | $134,600 | 93 | 13 | |
| London | 7,637 | +1.1% | $170,200 | $47,591 | 80 | In town |
| Louisa | 2,520 | -5.3% | $120,500 | $40,000 | 124 | In town |
| Ludlow suburb | 4,391 | 0% | $184,800 | $65,284 | 4 | 3 |
| Lyndon suburb | 11,301 | +2.2% | $276,800 | $65,679 | 7 | 3 |
| Madisonville | 19,428 | -1.1% | $164,100 | $53,860 | 90 | In town |
| Manchester | 1,411 | -7.2% | $140,500 | 82 | In town | |
| Marion | 2,879 | -1.3% | $97,300 | $39,414 | 108 | In town |
| Masonville | 2,887 | $230,400 | $83,241 | 84 | 7 | |
| Massac suburb | 4,698 | $239,400 | $92,560 | 121 | 3 | |
| Mayfield | 9,851 | -1.3% | $112,500 | $40,965 | 110 | In town |
| Maysville | 8,688 | -1.8% | $151,500 | $39,013 | 51 | In town |
| Middlesborough | 8,776 | -6% | $99,900 | $31,106 | 46 | In town |
| Middletown suburb | 9,944 | +2.4% | $336,000 | $82,537 | 9 | 6 |
| Midway | 1,787 | +3.1% | $243,500 | $61,650 | 52 | 7 |
| Monticello | 5,721 | -0.6% | $132,400 | $44,952 | 78 | In town |
| Morehead | 6,776 | -5.1% | $184,900 | $36,741 | 87 | In town |
| Morganfield | 3,102 | -4.5% | $113,600 | $65,829 | 121 | 6 |
| Morgantown | 2,512 | +0.6% | $114,000 | $37,604 | 72 | 19 |
| Mount Sterling | 7,586 | +0.6% | $187,600 | $55,827 | 80 | In town |
| Mount Vernon | 2,455 | +0.1% | $111,400 | $38,697 | 91 | In town |
| Mount Washington | 18,989 | +4.8% | $268,200 | $96,239 | 10 | 13 |
| Muldraugh suburb | 1,009 | -2.7% | $76,700 | $60,508 | 25 | 17 |
| Munfordville | 1,730 | +2.8% | $119,000 | $32,621 | 63 | 8 |
| Murray | 18,964 | +6.7% | $195,000 | $44,091 | 91 | In town |
| Newport suburb | 13,998 | -1.1% | $217,600 | $60,853 | 4 | In town |
| Nicholasville | 33,857 | +8.7% | $226,800 | $68,503 | 62 | 9 |
| Northfield suburb | 1,015 | +1.9% | $513,300 | $111,250 | 8 | 3 |
| Oak Grove suburb | 7,830 | -1.4% | $148,700 | $49,354 | 50 | 11 |
| Oakbrook suburb | 10,211 | $260,700 | $94,652 | 14 | 3 | |
| Olive Hill | 1,536 | -2.9% | $70,682 | 92 | 17 | |
| Orchard Grass Hills suburb | 1,623 | +5.5% | $301,500 | $107,000 | 13 | 8 |
| Owensboro | 60,892 | +1% | $178,900 | $56,357 | 85 | In town |
| Owenton | 1,690 | +0.4% | $137,500 | $55,438 | 45 | 16 |
| Owingsville | 1,612 | +1.5% | $118,300 | $40,053 | 80 | 11 |
| Paducah | 26,730 | -1.5% | $165,300 | $49,915 | 120 | In town |
| Paintsville | 4,111 | -4.6% | $116,100 | $28,257 | 129 | In town |
| Paris | 10,130 | -0.7% | $186,300 | $55,839 | 66 | 2 |
| Park Hills suburb | 3,188 | +0.4% | $282,100 | $99,861 | 5 | 4 |
| Pewee Valley suburb | 1,668 | +5.2% | $545,500 | $156,979 | 13 | 9 |
| Pikeville | 7,270 | -5.9% | $263,800 | $39,955 | 130 | In town |
| Pineville | 1,552 | -6.4% | $98,700 | $24,547 | 55 | In town |
| Pioneer Village suburb | 2,794 | +4.5% | $240,500 | $84,167 | 8 | 13 |
| Prestonsburg | 3,618 | -7.1% | $161,300 | $25,746 | 135 | 3 |
| Princeton | 6,168 | -1.5% | $96,600 | $47,411 | 89 | In town |
| Prospect suburb | 4,705 | +2.4% | $538,400 | $163,462 | 13 | 5 |
| Providence | 2,872 | -0.7% | $60,300 | $55,121 | 100 | 15 |
| Raceland suburb | 2,302 | -1.5% | $128,400 | $57,222 | 101 | 7 |
| Radcliff | 22,576 | -1.9% | $169,600 | $58,559 | 29 | 9 |
| Reidland suburb | 5,277 | $228,000 | $99,423 | 113 | 7 | |
| Richmond | 40,663 | +15.1% | $214,900 | $50,870 | 79 | In town |
| Russell suburb | 3,628 | -2.9% | $211,900 | $76,182 | 103 | 4 |
| Russell Springs | 2,828 | +3.7% | $170,300 | $38,697 | 83 | In town |
| Russellville | 7,454 | +3.7% | $168,700 | $45,484 | 47 | In town |
| Salyersville | 1,502 | -5.2% | $20,580 | 124 | 15 | |
| Scottsville | 4,673 | +9.3% | $160,700 | $35,562 | 51 | In town |
| Sebree | 1,546 | -1.9% | $106,500 | $58,707 | 107 | 18 |
| Shelbyville | 18,453 | +6.3% | $257,100 | $75,610 | 23 | In town |
| Shepherdsville suburb | 14,931 | +5% | $222,100 | $71,476 | 13 | 13 |
| Shively suburb | 15,895 | +1.6% | $154,700 | $50,221 | 9 | 5 |
| Silver Grove | 1,333 | +5.6% | $107,700 | $46,595 | 9 | 4 |
| Simpsonville | 3,183 | +6.5% | $270,800 | $91,188 | 17 | 6 |
| Somerset | 12,695 | +5.7% | $144,000 | $34,704 | 85 | In town |
| Sorgho suburb | 2,960 | $275,800 | $121,579 | 90 | 8 | |
| South Shore | 1,035 | -2.9% | $89,200 | $29,340 | 87 | 2 |
| Southgate suburb | 3,868 | +5.9% | $190,800 | $54,421 | 6 | In town |
| Springfield | 3,033 | +5.8% | $168,600 | $48,750 | 40 | 9 |
| St. Matthews suburb | 17,868 | +1.8% | $338,000 | $82,412 | 6 | In town |
| St. Regis Park suburb | 1,461 | +1.9% | $328,100 | $107,813 | 5 | 1 |
| Stanford | 3,761 | +3.1% | $155,000 | $49,337 | 70 | In town |
| Stanton | 3,153 | -2.7% | $123,000 | $25,417 | 96 | 12 |
| Sturgis | 1,637 | -5.5% | $84,500 | $36,780 | 116 | 6 |
| Taylor Mill suburb | 7,144 | +3.9% | $241,000 | $88,546 | 9 | 4 |
| Taylorsville | 1,333 | +6.1% | $43,259 | 19 | 14 | |
| Thruston suburb | 2,581 | $187,700 | 79 | 3 | ||
| Tompkinsville | 2,235 | -2.7% | $99,000 | $38,628 | 71 | In town |
| Union suburb | 7,937 | +6.5% | $411,500 | $136,712 | 16 | 5 |
| Vanceburg | 1,386 | -3.1% | $90,600 | $30,054 | 74 | 21 |
| Versailles | 10,734 | +3.6% | $286,100 | $62,368 | 51 | In town |
| Villa Hills suburb | 7,797 | +6.7% | $362,500 | $107,859 | 7 | 4 |
| Vine Grove suburb | 7,018 | +6.2% | $235,400 | $72,560 | 31 | 9 |
| Walton suburb | 5,868 | +6.6% | $262,200 | $77,917 | 20 | 10 |
| Warsaw | 1,757 | +0.3% | $185,900 | $60,769 | 32 | 17 |
| Watterson Park suburb | 1,031 | +2.8% | $213,200 | $39,844 | 3 | 4 |
| West Buechel suburb | 1,402 | +2% | $185,600 | $48,784 | 2 | 4 |
| West Liberty | 3,339 | +3.4% | $206,300 | $48,235 | 108 | In town |
| Westwood suburb | 4,473 | $92,200 | $73,511 | 105 | 3 | |
| Wheelwright | 1,048 | +110.4% | 117 | 6 | ||
| Whitesburg | 1,609 | -8.9% | $111,700 | $29,189 | 101 | In town |
| Wilder suburb | 3,108 | -2% | $159,900 | $70,893 | 7 | 3 |
| Williamsburg | 5,371 | +1% | $38,147 | 54 | 13 | |
| Williamstown | 4,030 | +2.9% | $209,800 | $95,050 | 35 | In town |
| Wilmore | 6,380 | +6.1% | $248,900 | $77,665 | 57 | 13 |
| Winchester | 19,514 | +1.8% | $188,300 | $54,378 | 80 | In town |
| Windy Hills suburb | 2,476 | +1.9% | $402,000 | $130,714 | 7 | 2 |
| Worthington suburb | 1,447 | -3.4% | $133,200 | $65,609 | 100 | 8 |
| Worthington Hills suburb | 1,593 | +2.4% | $224,100 | $73,889 | 12 | 8 |
Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.