Scores by category

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

Safety80#3,159/15,637
Economy90#1,528/15,631
Housing85#2,199/14,977
Health57#6,754/15,609
Healthcare84#2,509/15,650
Environment28#11,091/15,453
Education80#3,155/15,649
Infrastructure96#608/15,650
Community23#12,103/15,651
Leisure & amenities62#5,945/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Kentucky 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKenton County value
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
98/100Kentucky 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauKenton County value
Traffic deaths · low4.7 /100k
96/100Kentucky 17.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataKenton County value
Drought exposure · low0%
95/100Kentucky 21%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAKenton County value
Food insecurity · low8.0%
92/100Kentucky 16.0%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.4%
91/100Kentucky 9.1%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.0%
3/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationKenton County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Kentucky 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesKenton County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.7 /10k
9/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyKenton County value
Drug overdose deaths · high23.3 /100k
20/100Kentucky 23.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKenton County value
Social associations · low6.9 /10k
22/100Kentucky 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKenton County value
Depression · high26.1%
24/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.9% (2015-2019) → 33.6% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.9% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.6% (2015-2019) → 5.8% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+25%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
90.7% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Edgewood, Kentucky improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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.

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.2× → 2.6×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Edgewood, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Broadband subscriptions	90.7%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	97.6%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.040	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$104,9122015-2019	$119,0282020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	53.9%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	−20 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	1.8%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“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 Edgewood, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Edgewood, 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, Edgewood, Kentucky itself moved +8.1 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

8,447 residents (±25)

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 (−2.4 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

8,447 residents (±25)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White96%8,084
Black0.4%†35
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†46

Education

6,342 residents (±209)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma2.8%†179
High school or GED18%1,148
Some college18%1,131

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

3,318 households (±188)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k7.3%†242
$25k–50k8.1%†268
$50k–75k13%427
$75k–100k13%†420
$100k–150k21%693
$150k–200k15%504
$200k or more23%764

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.6 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 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

3,318 households (±188)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own93%3,083
Rent7.1%†235

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.3 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

217 households (±93)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $7504.6%†10
$750–1,00035%†75
$1,000–1,50037%†80

Home values

3,083 homes (±206)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k2.4%†73
$150k–250k21%†657
$250k–400k51%1,565

Age of homes

3,458 homes (±206)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later1.6%†54
2000–20094.6%†158
1980–199929%994

Size of homes

3,458 homes (±206)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio1.7%†58
1 bedroom1.6%†54
2 bedrooms4.3%†149

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

4,305 workers (±323)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone74%3,189
Carpool4.3%†186
Public transit0.6%†25
Walk0.4%†19
Bike0.4%†18
Work from home19%831
Other0.9%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.7 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

3,474 workers (±291)

Edgewood, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min28%979
15–29 min53%1,856
30–44 min13%458

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

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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

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 Kenton County, the county holding most of Edgewood's residents.

Kenton County has 3,297 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Kentucky's), with 68,018 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,554. The Census Bureau also counts 11,596 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,297; 11,596 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 68,018
Average annual pay: $64,554; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	279	16.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	4,118	$97,126	391
Restaurants and other eating places	255	14.8	0.81×About typical	6,230	$20,044	54
Specialty trade contractors	216	12.5	0.81×About typical	1,958	$64,378	827
Lessors of real estate	143	8.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	816	$60,132	1,455
Full-service restaurants	122	7.1	0.92×About typical	2,975	$23,735	28
Legal services	112	6.5	1.21×About typical	770	$67,029	151
Offices of physicians	111	6.4	1.00×About typical	1,735	$152,762	43
Construction of buildings	110	6.4	0.84×About typical	1,588	$117,645	293
Limited-service restaurants	105	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,913	$16,881	18
Building equipment contractors	91	5.3	0.88×About typical	1,056	$60,598	120
Services to buildings and dwellings	85	4.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	968	$35,519	602
Automotive repair and maintenance	74	4.3	0.85×About typical	504	$45,601	90

Rank places for an industry Open Kenton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 172,179 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 $1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Edgewood, Kentucky: $122 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1M; −70% vs FY2025
Per resident: $122; US $1,994
Sole-source: 82%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.2%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$875.5K85%
Department of Veterans Affairs$106.5K10%
Environmental Protection Agency$32.4K3.2%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$5,2280.5%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$3,8660.4%
Public Buildings Service$2,0910.2%
Defense Information Systems Agency$1,7680.2%

Top recipients

CFM INTERNATIONAL INC$616.4K60%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$224.2K22%
DURRETTS ORTHOTIC & PROSTHETIC LLC$82.4K8.0%
GE ENGINE SERVICES DISTRIBUTION, L.L.C.$35K3.4%
TETRA TECH, INC.$32.4K3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

38KFY2017
67.6KFY2018
221KFY2019
175.9KFY2020
126.2KFY2021
220.5KFY2022
6.1MFY2023
7.1MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$865.2K84%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$83.9K8.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$32.4K3.2%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$21K2.0%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$10.7K1.0%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171

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

Edgewood, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Kenton County, KY ($44.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Kenton 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.

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

House

Thomas MassieR-KY-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 85%Missed 5.9%

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.

Kenton County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Kenton County

Largest first.

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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