City · Trigg County, Kentucky

Cadiz, Kentucky

Cadiz is a city in Trigg County, Kentucky, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area. It has 2,677 residents. Cadiz, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,532 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kentucky it ranks #179 of 243 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), violent crime rate (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), average weekly wage (low) and mental health providers (low).

20Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,532 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kentucky: #179 of 243 in KY
Population: 2,677 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 892.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2111692

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety77#3,521/15,637
Economy17#12,904/15,631
Housing70#4,468/14,977
Health3#15,083/15,609
Healthcare13#13,579/15,650
Environment54#7,054/15,453
Education22#12,174/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,513/15,650
Community46#8,477/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,934/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cadiz, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Trigg County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high20.2 /10k
98/100Kentucky 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrigg County value
Violent crime rate · low43 /100k
98/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTrigg County value
Property crime rate · low271 /100k
98/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTrigg County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Kentucky 5.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTrigg County value
Job growth · high2.5%
91/100Kentucky -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTrigg County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Kentucky 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrigg County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low7 /100k
0/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2020University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrigg County value
Average weekly wage · low$801
1/100Kentucky $1,202United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTrigg County value
Mental health providers · low28 /100k
2/100Kentucky 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrigg County value
Dentists · low14 /100k
2/100Kentucky 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrigg County value
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Kentucky 10.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTrigg County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kentucky 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTrigg County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
3.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.7% (2015-2019) → 80.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.8% (2015-2019) → 97.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$30,797 (2015-2019) → $44,152 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
12.0% (2015-2019) → 3.4% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.5% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cadiz, Kentucky improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+16 points64.7% → 80.9%
Household income+43%$30,797 → $44,152

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Cadiz, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Broadband subscriptions	64.7%2015-2019	80.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	36.3%2015-2019	37.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	85.8%2015-2019	97.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5152015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.071	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$30,7972015-2019	$44,1522020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Poverty rate	26.4%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	43.9%2015-2019	45.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.1%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cadiz, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cadiz, Kentucky in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cadiz, Kentucky itself moved +11 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,677 residents (±24)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,203 households (±146)

Cadiz, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k28%†331
$25k–50k29%†343
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,203 households (±146)

Cadiz, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own54%655
Rent46%548

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,204 workers (±179)

Cadiz, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone72%871
Carpool15%†183
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Clarksville, TN-KY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Trigg County, the county holding most of Cadiz's residents.

Trigg County has 231 employer establishments, 161 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Kentucky's), with 2,202 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,378. The Census Bureau also counts 1,081 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 231; 1,081 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 161; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 2,202
Average annual pay: $35,378; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Trigg County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	29	20.2	3.64×More than typical	76	$15,211	—
Restaurants and other eating places	18	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	354	$18,517	3
Specialty trade contractors	14	9.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	55	$58,836	156
Ambulatory health care services	12	8.4	0.40×Fewer than typical	66	$55,000	23
Gasoline stations	11	7.7	2.36×More than typical	98	$23,510	—
Limited-service restaurants	10	7	0.87×About typical	157	$17,389	—
Full-service restaurants	8	5.6	0.73×Too few to compare	197	$19,416	3
Building equipment contractors	7	4.9	0.81×Too few to compare	31	$76,194	22
General merchandise stores	7	4.9	2.76×Too few to compare	33	$23,697	12
Construction of buildings	6	4.2	0.55×Too few to compare	24	$32,458	73
Banks and credit unions	5	3.5	1.08×Too few to compare	44	$42,455	—
Grocery and convenience stores	5	3.5	1.17×Too few to compare	95	$21,168	3

Rank places for an industry Open Trigg County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,353 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $27K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cadiz, Kentucky: $10.09 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $27K; −55% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.09; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$26.8K99%
Department of the Army$2601.0%

Top recipients

TIPTON-FSI JV II, LLC$24K89%
US EDIRECT LLC$1,6376.1%
GAITHERSBURG FARMERS SUPPLY, INC.$6262.3%
TOTAL TECH SOLUTIONS LLC$3211.2%
TRIGG, COUNTY OF$2601.0%
HAGAN PRINT CO LLC

Spending by fiscal year

43.7KFY2017
52.6KFY2018
81.1KFY2019
80.3KFY2020
59.6KFY2021
68.1KFY2022
106.4KFY2023
103.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$24K89%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1,6376.1%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$6262.3%
Investigation and security services · 5616$5812.2%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$1670.6%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$73.94

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Cadiz, Kentucky, so they do not add up across cities.

Cadiz, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Trigg County, KY ($2.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cadiz is mostly in Trigg County.

See federal money in Trigg County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cadiz, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James ComerR-KY-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Trigg County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Clarksville, TN-KY27

Other cities and towns in Trigg County

Largest first.

Cerulean263

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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