City · Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Irvington, Kentucky

Irvington is a city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It has 1,327 residents. Irvington, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,247 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kentucky it ranks #208 of 243 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), adult smoking (high) and hospital quality rating (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,247 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kentucky: #208 of 243 in KY
Population: 1,327 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,367.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2139664

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety80#3,139/15,637
Economy6#14,756/15,631
Housing80#3,044/14,977
Health4#15,022/15,609
Healthcare19#12,752/15,650
Environment38#9,545/15,453
Education22#12,170/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,445/15,650
Community18#12,817/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,817/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low302 /100k
97/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBreckinridge County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low100 min
96/100Kentucky 153 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBreckinridge County value
Violent crime rate · low59 /100k
96/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBreckinridge County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Kentucky 5.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBreckinridge County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.2%
90/100Kentucky 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Kentucky 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBreckinridge County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.4%
1/100Kentucky 27.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Adult smoking · high26.9%
1/100Kentucky 17.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Kentucky 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBreckinridge County value
Dentists · low14 /100k
2/100Kentucky 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBreckinridge County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low29.5%
2/100Kentucky 69.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBreckinridge County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBreckinridge County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,213 (2015-2019) → 1,327 (2020-2024)
+9.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.8% (2015-2019) → 85.2% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.1% (2015-2019) → 57.4% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
38.3% (2015-2019) → 49.7% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$32,083 (2015-2019) → $47,500 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.3% (2015-2019) → 32.2% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Irvington, Kentucky improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved2

Broadband+20 points64.8% → 85.2%
Household income+48%$32,083 → $47,500

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Irvington, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.5 min2015-2019	32.4 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Broadband subscriptions	64.8%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	38.3%2015-2019	49.7%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	77.8%2015-2019	80.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4152020-2024	−0.059	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$32,0832015-2019	$47,5002020-2024	+48%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	27.1%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	57.4%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 Irvington, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Irvington, 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, Irvington, Kentucky itself moved +2.1 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

1,327 residents (±292)

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

602 households (±120)

Irvington, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k31%†188
$25k–50k26%†157
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

602 households (±120)

Irvington, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own65%391
Rent35%†211

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.6 points).

† 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

557 workers (±169)

Irvington, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone89%†494
Carpool7.9%†44
Public transit0.0%

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 Breckinridge County, the county holding most of Irvington's residents.

Breckinridge County has 283 employer establishments, 134 for every 10,000 residents (0.54× the US rate of 248; 0.65× Kentucky's), with 2,480 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,329. The Census Bureau also counts 1,561 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 283; 1,561 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 134; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 2,480
Average annual pay: $39,329; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	22	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	179	$45,916	48
Religious organizations	21	9.9	1.79×More than typical	82	$15,378	—
Specialty trade contractors	20	9.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	116	$60,414	261
Construction of buildings	16	7.6	1.00×About typical	30	$32,033	149
Restaurants and other eating places	15	7.1	0.39×Fewer than typical	245	$16,669	6
Truck transportation	14	6.6	1.31×More than typical	70	$50,729	41
General merchandise stores	12	5.7	3.21×More than typical	169	$24,077	15
Other specialty trade contractors	12	5.7	2.26×More than typical	81	$56,086	86
Gasoline stations	10	4.7	1.46×More than typical	44	$27,000	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	3.8	0.75×Too few to compare	23	$42,783	42
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	8	3.8	2.37×Too few to compare	212	$47,863	6
Limited-service restaurants	8	3.8	0.47×Too few to compare	193	$17,295	3

Rank places for an industry Open Breckinridge County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,120 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Breckinridge 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.

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

House

Brett GuthrieR-KY-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.6%

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.

Breckinridge County20100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Breckinridge 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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