Scores by category

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

Safety31#10,838/15,637
Economy5#14,809/15,631
Housing100#20/14,977
Health7#14,570/15,609
Healthcare3#15,139/15,650
Environment15#13,076/15,453
Education9#14,301/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,421/15,650
Community26#11,612/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,662/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clinton, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hickman 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

Pharmacies · high6.9 /10k
100/100Kentucky 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHickman County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.18%
100/100Kentucky 0.75%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low352 /100k
95/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHickman County value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Kentucky 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHickman County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Kentucky 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low33.5%
91/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low2.3 /10k
1/100Kentucky 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHickman County value
Average weekly wage · low$814
1/100Kentucky $1,202United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHickman County value
Median household income · low$34,464
3/100Kentucky $64,481United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Kentucky 10.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHickman County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHickman County value
Firearm deaths · high27.3 /100k
4/100Kentucky 16.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataHickman County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,294 (2015-2019) → 1,165 (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
37.9% (2015-2019) → 58.9% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.3% (2015-2019) → 84.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$25,972 (2015-2019) → $34,464 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
13.6% (2015-2019) → 7.8% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Poverty rateImproving
34.2% (2015-2019) → 30.0% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Clinton, Kentucky improved on 0 of 12 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Clinton, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	−3.1 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	70.3%2015-2019	84.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Child poverty rate	37.9%2015-2019	58.9%2020-2024	+21 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	78.1%2015-2019	79.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.077	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$25,9722015-2019	$34,4642020-2024	+33%	Within the margin of error	61%
Poverty rate	34.2%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.0%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	31.8%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	50%

“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 Clinton, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clinton, 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, Clinton, Kentucky itself moved +8.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,165 residents (±221)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+10.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,165 residents (±221)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White64%748
Black31%357
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†28

Education

900 residents (±157)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma21%†189
High school or GED43%390
Some college19%†168

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

501 households (±91)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k38%†188
$25k–50k32%†160
$50k–75k19%†93
$75k–100k7.8%†39
$100k–150k3.4%†17
$150k–200k0.8%†4
$200k or more0.0%0

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

501 households (±91)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own57%286
Rent43%†215

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

194 households (±83)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $75073%†142
$750–1,00027%†52
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

286 homes (±85)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k85%†243
$150k–250k8.0%†23
$250k–400k0.7%†2

Age of homes

614 homes (±108)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later0.8%†5
2000–20096.0%†37
1980–199922%†138

Size of homes

614 homes (±108)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio1.1%†7
1 bedroom9.8%†60
2 bedrooms36%†220

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

365 workers (±111)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone90%†328
Carpool5.8%†21
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.5%†9
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other1.9%†7

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+16.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

365 workers (±111)

Clinton, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min44%†161
15–29 min23%†84
30–44 min29%†107

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Hickman County, the county holding most of Clinton's residents.

Hickman County has 68 employer establishments, 154 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Kentucky's), with 807 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,914. The Census Bureau also counts 317 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 68; 317 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 154; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 807
Average annual pay: $45,914; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	5	11.3	2.04×Too few to compare	16	$15,688	—
Construction of buildings	4	9	1.20×Too few to compare	27	$48,704	6
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.8	0.33×Too few to compare	14	$42,357	4
Banks and credit unions	3	6.8	2.10×Too few to compare	50	$48,320	—
Gasoline stations	3	6.8	2.09×Too few to compare	24	$24,583	—
General merchandise stores	3	6.8	3.84×Too few to compare	154	$29,994	—
Nursing care facilities	3	6.8	12.6×Too few to compare	115	$40,696	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hickman County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,425 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clinton, Kentucky: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

171.9FY2017
-1.4FY2018
781.2FY2019
593.1FY2020
1.4KFY2021
2.8KFY2022
1.7KFY2023
1.6KFY2024
48FY2025

What was bought

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 Clinton, Kentucky, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Hickman 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.

Clinton, 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.

Hickman County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hickman County

Largest first.

Columbus223

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
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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