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Kentucky cities ranked by market opportunity

LocalVein profiles 245 Kentucky cities, covering 1,939,095 residents across the state. The median Market Opportunity Score across Kentucky sits at 30 out of 100 — use the ranked table below to find the markets where demographics and operator density line up for agency outreach.

Cities profiled
245
Total population
1,939,095
Median MOS
30
Businesses scanned
266

Kentucky cities by Market Opportunity Score

RankCityPopulationMedian HHIMedian home valueMOS
1Anchorage city2,421$215,156$827,000Warning: 50
2Indian Hills city2,870$188,750$666,200Warning: 50
3Audubon Park city1,717$107,865$354,500Warning: 48
4Beechwood Village city1,305$119,688$335,400Warning: 46
5St. Regis Park city1,841$105,183$315,100Warning: 45
6Barbourmeade city1,208$109,800$360,700Warning: 45
7Bellefonte city1,251$114,063$278,800Warning: 44
8Ludlow city4,378$58,295$154,700Warning: 44
9Pewee Valley city1,417$139,688$532,900Warning: 44
10Stearns CDP1,509$36,964Warning: 44
11Bellevue city5,598$67,143$186,200Warning: 44
12Fort Thomas city17,242$100,819$301,400Warning: 41
13Windy Hills city2,188$105,875$370,900Warning: 41
14Dayton city5,703$62,500$144,100Warning: 41
15Midway city1,748$59,609$247,700Warning: 40
16Edgewood city8,429$121,045$289,700Warning: 40
17Graymoor-Devondale city2,838$90,972$330,300Warning: 40
18Park Hills city3,155$102,112$274,200Info: 40
19Lakeside Park city2,827$108,971$346,600Info: 39
20Prospect city4,518$172,361$494,000Info: 39
21Villa Hills city7,378$108,750$339,800Info: 39
22Rolling Hills city1,024$99,412$274,500Info: 38
23Pleasureville city1,286$49,612$142,400Info: 38
24Russell city3,696$76,389$207,900Info: 38
25Breckinridge Center CDP1,592$62,269Info: 38
26Plano CDP1,293$96,818$226,100Info: 38
27Douglass Hills city5,437$92,826$331,500Info: 37
28Goshen city1,004$96,429$281,000Info: 37
29Silver Grove city1,104$46,315$103,400Info: 37
30Philpot CDP1,098$85,833$242,100Info: 36
31Northfield city1,104$110,714$485,800Info: 36
32Verona CDP1,196$121,250$331,100Info: 36
33Newport city14,039$58,422$221,100Info: 36
34Covington city40,902$58,814$167,900Info: 36
35Cannonsburg CDP1,426$83,777$183,700Info: 36
36Bloomfield city1,053$52,679$180,000Info: 36
37Taylor Mill city6,880$83,210$224,500Info: 36
38Brooks CDP2,246$70,947$203,600Info: 36
39Augusta city1,514$43,854$100,700Info: 36
40Buckner CDP3,786$149,700$389,900Info: 35
41Burgin city1,046$74,063$188,400Info: 35
42Orchard Grass Hills city2,008$105,417$261,100Info: 35
43Elk Creek CDP2,344$127,487$358,600Info: 35
44Fort Wright city5,882$100,647$305,500Info: 35
45Shively city15,556$46,522$139,200Info: 35
46Alexandria city10,430$103,750$253,400Info: 35
47Auburn city1,715$46,071$118,100Info: 34
48Reidland CDP4,887$83,764$214,600Info: 34
49Flatwoods city7,281$60,467$112,200Info: 34
50Worthington city1,813$65,432$116,200Info: 34
51Fort Mitchell city8,676$80,814$354,700Info: 34
52Pioneer Village city2,690$79,566$233,400Info: 34
53West Van Lear CDP1,224$78,625$131,100Info: 34
54White Plains city1,007$36,800$84,100Info: 34
55Oakbrook CDP9,459$90,147$250,900Info: 34
56Rineyville CDP2,869$82,037$234,900Info: 34
57Hurstbourne city4,669$113,906$495,100Info: 34
58Benton city4,774$63,368$159,600Info: 33
59Hillview city8,735$65,732$180,300Info: 33
60Crestview Hills city3,226$106,375$263,000Info: 33
61Hartford city2,653$61,313$103,800Info: 33
62West Point city1,131$37,260$68,200Info: 33
63Raceland city2,173$61,923$117,800Info: 33
64Dixon city1,034$39,464$86,700Info: 33
65Erlanger city19,677$78,420$189,400Info: 33
66Lebanon Junction city2,201$52,000$134,700Info: 33
67Elsmere city9,151$61,427$157,200Info: 33
68Francisville CDP10,313$146,280$374,100Info: 33
69St. Matthews city17,491$80,716$325,700Info: 33
70Jeffersontown city28,988$78,185$236,800Info: 33
71Earlington city1,113$34,904$64,400Info: 32
72Campbellsburg city1,034$56,087$172,500Info: 32
73Greenville city4,435$70,401$118,500Info: 32
74Worthington Hills city1,872$78,365$215,400Info: 32
75Williamstown city3,929$71,761$159,100Info: 32
76Heritage Creek city1,090$96,696$245,900Info: 32
77Ashland city21,405$52,199$125,300Info: 32
78Wurtland city1,257$56,250$84,100Info: 32
79Junction City city2,441$40,917$111,800Info: 32
80Union city7,494$139,013$382,900Info: 32
81Eminence city2,710$44,655$171,300Info: 32
82Cold Spring city6,298$80,172$235,200Info: 31
83Sturgis city1,827$43,938$83,400Info: 31
84Harrodsburg city9,126$46,821$145,100Info: 31
85Claryville CDP3,306$86,250$259,100Info: 31
86Hebron Estates city1,262$57,375$268,800Info: 31
87Thruston CDP2,675$83,707$160,300Info: 31
88Hendron CDP4,840$64,777$197,900Info: 31
89Westwood CDP4,480$70,012$94,100Info: 31
90Marion city2,908$40,691$104,100Info: 31
91Clay city1,112$43,884$75,600Info: 31
92Livermore city1,046$24,883$122,300Info: 31
93Beaver Dam city3,526$52,546$155,800Info: 31
94Coldstream city1,269$96,417$260,300Info: 31
95Horse Cave city2,348$51,927$93,600Info: 31
96Sorgho CDP2,928$118,688$252,800Info: 31
97Providence city2,861$53,208$66,800Info: 31
98Dawson Springs city1,973$31,607$73,500Info: 31
99Central City city5,736$49,025$140,700Info: 31
100Carlisle city2,356$46,292$103,300Info: 30
101Whitesburg city1,998$31,875$111,300Info: 30
102Falmouth city2,577$38,177$111,300Info: 30
103Mayfield city9,905$41,458$114,400Info: 30
104Lewisburg city1,093$37,684$101,000Info: 30
105Catlettsburg city1,672$34,524$71,400Info: 30
106Independence city29,024$98,653$240,500Info: 30
107Springfield city2,871$40,890$154,800Info: 30
108Russellville city7,244$47,875$156,000Info: 30
109Versailles city10,382$58,834$257,600Info: 30
110Lebanon city6,364$39,483$130,100Info: 30
111Paducah city26,894$51,243$164,600Info: 30
112Irvington city1,129$48,750$113,500Info: 30
113Simpsonville city3,006$91,221$255,400Info: 30
114Mount Washington city18,228$93,852$253,700Info: 30
115Princeton city6,242$51,875$89,700Info: 30
116Stanford city3,662$55,000$154,000Info: 30
117Jenkins city1,569$34,400$65,600Info: 30
118Owensboro city60,112$53,295$162,900Info: 30
119Winchester city19,133$57,653$180,400Info: 30
120Madisonville city19,442$56,902$152,300Info: 30
121Crestwood city6,275$101,086$315,100Info: 30
122Danville city17,235$53,370$202,200Info: 30
123Hawesville city1,221$51,898$151,100Info: 30
124Hebron CDP6,637$101,980$216,400Info: 30
125Doe Valley CDP1,719$87,757$301,800Info: 30
126Hazard city5,105$68,582$146,100Info: 29
127Maysville city8,778$41,923$152,100Info: 29
128Olive Hill city1,488$69,063$111,100Info: 29
129Owingsville city1,977$40,150$92,700Info: 29
130Ledbetter CDP1,630$62,798$115,000Info: 29
131Masonville CDP2,634$89,102$228,600Info: 29
132Lancaster city3,960$45,795$134,700Info: 29
133Hodgenville city3,262$58,750$137,100Info: 29
134Wilder city3,148$71,567$137,600Info: 29
135Morganfield city3,208$63,546$116,100Info: 29
136Cloverport city1,264$34,688$84,800Info: 29
137Campbellsville city11,523$49,389$162,900Info: 29
138Corbin city8,430$51,795$162,600Info: 29
139Annville CDP1,175$53,421$84,800Info: 29
140Lewisport city2,053$51,847$125,300Info: 29
141Irvine city2,811$36,292$123,400Info: 29
142Frankfort city28,452$54,438$171,600Info: 29
143Lexington-Fayette urban county321,122$67,631$272,100Info: 29
144Bardstown city13,673$49,781$190,800Info: 29
145Henderson city27,994$47,176$151,400Info: 29
146Franklin city10,254$55,552$170,400Info: 29
147Mount Sterling city7,549$50,843$178,200Info: 29
148Massac CDP4,937$75,103$215,000Info: 29
149West Liberty city3,280$57,411$202,100Info: 28
150Fort Knox CDP8,715$74,224Info: 28
151Calvert City city2,522$42,566$157,400Info: 28
152Sebree city2,071$62,222$99,500Info: 28
153Southgate city3,680$55,469$175,700Info: 28
154Lawrenceburg city11,838$63,690$185,400Info: 28
155Harlan city2,304$30,365$112,500Info: 28
156Greensburg city2,218$37,321$117,700Info: 28
157South Shore city1,561$29,000$85,900Info: 28
158Middlesborough city9,258$34,349$88,700Info: 28
159Walton city5,513$76,375$226,200Info: 28
160Leitchfield city6,434$47,168$156,700Info: 28
161Florence city32,334$68,508$196,200Info: 28
162Owenton city1,600$52,121$124,300Info: 28
163Clinton city1,246$32,991$48,700Info: 28
164Tompkinsville city2,672$37,405$86,100Info: 28
165Shepherdsville city14,351$71,250$202,300Info: 28
166La Grange city10,188$86,222$268,000Info: 28
167Guthrie city1,377$34,803$122,200Info: 28
168Farley CDP4,402$45,676$82,400Info: 28
169Burlington CDP18,090$101,550$229,700Info: 28
170Paris city10,107$49,464$182,100Info: 28
171Liberty city1,828$28,281$129,400Info: 28
172Fulton city2,345$36,037$61,200Info: 27
173Brandenburg city2,907$48,281$208,100Info: 27
174Cynthiana city6,412$49,817$154,700Info: 27
175Jeffersonville city1,937$56,932$114,900Info: 27
176Prestonsburg city3,823$27,265$157,200Info: 27
177Crescent Springs city4,402$76,530$289,300Info: 27
178Burkesville city1,407$32,361$114,600Info: 27
179Elkton city2,158$45,417$111,300Info: 27
180Nicholasville city31,625$67,514$210,700Info: 27
181Scottsville city4,391$36,259$140,600Info: 27
182Hopkinsville city31,011$47,428$140,200Info: 27
183Barbourville city3,181$20,971$190,200Info: 27
184Highland Heights city6,531$52,437$148,600Info: 27
185Cumberland city2,234$35,309$61,600Info: 27
186Muldraugh city1,164$47,059$77,300Info: 27
187Hardinsburg city2,404$56,774$128,400Info: 27
188Vine Grove city6,721$74,786$213,500Info: 27
189Cadiz city2,649$40,186$120,800Info: 27
190Louisa city2,645$41,250$144,900Info: 26
191Monticello city5,741$37,733$125,800Info: 26
192Flemingsburg city2,967$32,500$123,200Info: 26
193Middletown city9,622$74,129$298,900Info: 26
194Glasgow city15,141$42,417$147,700Info: 26
195Eddyville city2,945$58,527$188,500Info: 26
196Columbia city4,842$45,221$123,500Info: 26
197Berea city15,557$56,484$178,000Info: 26
198Stanton city3,211$29,141$127,200Info: 26
199Fort Campbell North CDP11,483$58,403Info: 26
200Pineville city1,906$25,385$99,000Info: 26
201Somerset city12,108$32,910$140,900Info: 25
202Carrollton city3,894$58,788$122,400Info: 25
203Edmonton city2,168$48,583$96,200Info: 25
204Radcliff city22,967$60,976$163,300Info: 25
205Vanceburg city1,443$26,369$78,100Info: 25
206Salyersville city1,891$30,714$96,500Info: 25
207Warsaw city1,868$58,284$168,400Info: 25
208Coal Run Village city1,888$47,212$120,700Info: 25
209Shelbyville city17,436$73,733$238,600Info: 25
210Lyndon city10,956$65,392$273,300Info: 25
211Hickman city2,033$68,700Info: 25
212Manchester city2,041$30,291$109,100Info: 25
213Jackson city2,128$34,317$75,900Info: 25
214Pikeville city7,560$39,216$301,300Info: 25
215Georgetown city38,206$78,373$244,200Info: 25
216Russell Springs city2,755$37,500$170,300Info: 25
217Mount Vernon city2,259$38,639$100,500Info: 24
218Munfordville city1,792$23,879$107,800Info: 24
219Elizabethtown city31,870$56,250$223,200Info: 24
220Brownsville city1,066$37,500$156,800Info: 24
221North Corbin CDP2,092$48,382$117,700Info: 24
222Clay City city1,352$32,571$108,600Info: 24
223London city7,576$45,850$155,500Info: 24
224Dry Ridge city2,250$53,641$193,200Info: 24
225Wilmore city6,031$64,245$210,700Info: 24
226Murray city17,888$40,348$193,300Info: 23
227West Buechel city1,624$47,066$152,600Info: 23
228Albany city1,972$40,301$102,500Info: 23
229Grayson city3,820$28,548$125,600Info: 23
230Crittenden city4,058$51,336$168,300Info: 23
231Morehead city6,924$35,000$176,300Info: 22
232Morgantown city2,729$37,037$111,400Info: 22
233Paintsville city4,256$26,713$110,800Info: 22
234Cave City city2,545$33,672$108,100Info: 22
235Jamestown city2,021$25,602$119,200Info: 22
236Taylorsville city1,566$41,917$148,500Info: 22
237Williamsburg city5,226$32,431$108,800Info: 21
238Pine Knot CDP1,358$111,300Info: 21
239Brodhead city1,339$28,523$112,500Info: 21
240Bowling Green city73,638$48,419$232,100Info: 21
241Beattyville city1,948$23,750$106,800Info: 21
242Richmond city35,498$48,223$205,900Info: 20
243Clarkson city1,133$28,393$121,900Info: 19
244Hurstbourne Acres city1,984$68,229$292,900Info: 19
245Oak Grove city7,945$47,886$143,500Info: 18

Kentucky by the numbers

Kentucky's largest profiled market is Lexington-Fayette urban county at 321,122 residents, while the median Kentucky city on LocalVein has a population of 2,928. About 94% of the Kentucky cities we've indexed sit below 25,000 residents — the exurb tier. Large metros and small towns sit on the same list because they produce different agency economics — higher deal density in the metros, lower competition per capita in the exurbs.

Median household income across Kentucky's profiled cities sits at $55K, with Anchorage city topping the ranking at $215K and Barbourville city anchoring the other end at $21K — roughly a 10× spread. Pricing pressure and willingness-to-pay diverge sharply across this range, which is why one-size-fits-all pitches underperform on Kentucky lists.

Across the 245 Kentucky cities in this table, the median Market Opportunity Score is 30 out of 100, and Anchorage city currently leads at 50. About 0% of Kentucky's profiled cities score ≥70 — the tier where agencies report the highest first-touch close rates. Lower-ranked cities still produce deals; they just reward more demographic targeting and less volume-first dialing.

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