Census-designated place · Boone County, Kentucky

Hebron, Kentucky

Hebron is a census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area. It has 6,407 residents. Hebron, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,300 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kentucky it ranks #15 of 243 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), drought exposure (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and social associations (low).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #3,300 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kentucky: #15 of 243 in KY
Population: 6,407 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 998.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2135542

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.

Safety81#3,045/15,637
Economy73#4,299/15,631
Housing91#1,293/14,977
Health57#6,760/15,609
Healthcare59#6,396/15,650
Environment49#7,872/15,453
Education61#6,115/15,649
Infrastructure88#1,931/15,650
Community53#7,413/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,182/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an airport · low6 mi
100/100Kentucky 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBoone County value
Drought exposure · low1%
93/100Kentucky 21%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABoone County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.8
92/100Kentucky 49.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyBoone County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Kentucky 14.9United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBoone County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Kentucky 10.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBoone County value
Child care cost burden · low21.7%
89/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.3%
4/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBoone County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,292 /100k
6/100Kentucky 3,415 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
Social associations · low5.4 /10k
8/100Kentucky 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Kentucky 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBoone County value
Depression · high27.4%
15/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mental health providers · low156 /100k
26/100Kentucky 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoone County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
25.2% (2015-2019) → 56.0% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.6% (2015-2019) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.273 (2015-2019) → 0.437 (2020-2024)
+60%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Poverty rateWorsening
2.0% (2015-2019) → 10.0% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.3% (2015-2019) → 8.2% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Hebron, Kentucky improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 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.

Improved1

Household income+19%$89,602 → $106,719

Declined2

Inequality+0.1640.273 → 0.437
Price / income+0.5×1.8× → 2.2×

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Hebron, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	+3.2 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Broadband subscriptions	96.7%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	1.03%2015-2019	0.76%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	94.1%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.2732015-2019	0.4372020-2024	+0.164	Declined	1%
Median household income	$89,6022015-2019	$106,7192020-2024	+19%	Improved	31%

“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 Hebron, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hebron, 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, Hebron, Kentucky itself moved −14.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

6,407 residents (±1,148)

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

2,044 households (±299)

Hebron, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k7.5%†153
$25k–50k9.5%†195
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,044 households (±299)

Hebron, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own85%1,728
Rent15%†316

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,557 workers (±683)

Hebron, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone75%2,657
Carpool11%†387
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 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 Boone County, the county holding most of Hebron's residents.

Boone County has 3,163 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Kentucky's), with 88,138 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,321. The Census Bureau also counts 9,947 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,163; 9,947 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 88,138
Average annual pay: $57,321; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	264	18.7	1.02×About typical	6,183	$20,951	44
Ambulatory health care services	223	15.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,344	$73,570	279
Specialty trade contractors	207	14.6	0.95×About typical	2,307	$67,052	670
Limited-service restaurants	137	9.7	1.21×About typical	3,165	$18,389	20
Lessors of real estate	131	9.3	0.75×Fewer than typical	502	$45,283	990
Full-service restaurants	102	7.2	0.94×About typical	2,647	$24,090	13
Building equipment contractors	78	5.5	0.92×About typical	1,191	$69,742	101
Services to buildings and dwellings	78	5.5	0.82×About typical	1,231	$34,007	480
Construction of buildings	77	5.4	0.72×Fewer than typical	333	$68,174	211
Management, scientific and technical consulting	74	5.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	368	$72,736	334
Truck transportation	73	5.2	1.02×About typical	1,340	$57,420	352
Offices of other health practitioners	71	5	0.83×About typical	332	$41,940	161

Rank places for an industry Open Boone County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 141,388 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 Hebron, Kentucky: $159 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1M; −69% vs FY2025
Per resident: $159; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$1M100%
Federal Acquisition Service$47.1K4.6%
Transportation Security Administration$4080.0%

Top recipients

ANCRA INTERNATIONAL LLC$1M99%
A&H SECURITY CABINETS, INC$47.1K4.6%
KONI NA LLC$10.5K1.0%
C.N.S. COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$1,2240.1%
CORPORATE LODGING CONSULTANTS, INC.$4080.0%

Spending by fiscal year

457.6KFY2017
319.5KFY2018
340.5KFY2019
232.9KFY2020
994.7KFY2021
2.4MFY2022
1.2MFY2023
1.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1M99%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$54.4K5.3%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$3,0040.3%
Travel arrangement and reservation services · 5615$4080.0%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$1700.0%

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

Hebron, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Boone County, KY ($32.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Boone 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.

Hebron, 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.

Boone County89100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Boone 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
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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