Scores by category

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

Safety80#3,159/15,637
Economy88#1,852/15,631
Housing86#2,030/14,977
Health48#8,178/15,609
Healthcare73#4,148/15,650
Environment28#11,091/15,453
Education75#3,905/15,649
Infrastructure79#3,269/15,650
Community23#12,103/15,651
Leisure & amenities62#5,945/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lakeside Park, 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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Kentucky 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
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
Poverty rate · low1.5%
98/100Kentucky 15.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
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

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
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.520
16/100Kentucky 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Depression · high26.7%
20/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
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

Trends

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

Rent as share of incomeWorsening
15.0% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$90,379 (2015-2019) → $128,650 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
90.0% (2015-2019) → 97.5% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
47.7% (2015-2019) → 54.3% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.6 min (2015-2019) → 20.5 min (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 15.6% (2020-2024)
−2.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Lakeside Park, Kentucky improved on 0 of 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Lakeside Park, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.6 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%2015-2019	54.3%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	97.5%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	98.0%2015-2019	99.2%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.5202020-2024	+0.039	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$90,3792015-2019	$128,6502020-2024	+42%	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“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 Lakeside Park, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lakeside Park, 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, Lakeside Park, Kentucky itself moved +1.9 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

2,828 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: 80 and over women (−2.8 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

2,828 residents (±25)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White91%2,580
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†69

Education

1,830 residents (±262)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma0.8%†15
High school or GED16%†285
Some college20%†

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

1,027 households (±126)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k4.4%†45
$25k–50k5.1%†52
$50k–75k17%†174
$75k–100k18%†186
$100k–150k15%†155
$150k–200k14%†140
$200k or more27%†275

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

1,027 households (±126)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own83%854
Rent17%†173

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.4 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

173 households (±92)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00010%†18
$1,000–1,50078%†135

Home values

854 homes (±144)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k16%†137
$150k–250k7.7%†66
$250k–400k39%†336

Age of homes

1,128 homes (±128)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later0.6%†7
2000–200910%†118
1980–199917%†195

Size of homes

1,128 homes (±128)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio0.6%†7
1 bedroom4.2%†47
2 bedrooms27%†309

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

1,390 workers (±201)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone88%1,219
Carpool9.0%†125
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†46
Other0.0%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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,344 workers (±198)

Lakeside Park, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min46%†616
15–29 min32%†436
30–44 min7.5%†101

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 Lakeside Park'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 $22.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lakeside Park, Kentucky: $7.92 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $22.4K; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7.92; US $1,995
Sole-source: 40%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.7%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$20.3K90%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$1,0094.5%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$7463.3%
Public Buildings Service$4041.8%

Top recipients

DURRETTS ORTHOTIC & PROSTHETIC LLC$15.9K71%
MANUFACTURING SYSTEM SERVICES, INC$4,05318%
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$1,0094.5%
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC$7463.3%
NATIONAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, LLC$4041.8%

Spending by fiscal year

4.7KFY2017
461.3FY2018
5.6KFY2019
782.8FY2020
16KFY2021
6.9KFY2022
29.2KFY2023
26.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$16.2K72%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$4,05318%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$1,0094.5%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$7463.3%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$4041.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Lakeside Park, Kentucky, so they do not add up across cities.

Lakeside Park, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Kenton County, KY ($44.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lakeside Park 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.

Lakeside Park, 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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