City · Logan County, Kentucky

Lewisburg, Kentucky

Lewisburg is a city in Logan County, Kentucky. It has 1,043 residents. Lewisburg, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,303 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kentucky it ranks #208 of 243 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), property crime rate (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), broadband subscriptions (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,303 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kentucky: #208 of 243 in KY
Population: 1,043 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 897.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2145064

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.

Safety65#5,544/15,637
Economy6#14,693/15,631
Housing79#3,127/14,977
Health20#12,424/15,609
Healthcare16#13,128/15,650
Environment29#10,955/15,453
Education18#12,858/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,644/15,650
Community33#10,548/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,027/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lewisburg, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Logan 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 · high2.8 /10k
94/100Kentucky 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLogan County value
Property crime rate · low409 /100k
93/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationLogan County value
Rent-burdened households · low42.2%
85/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low128 min
83/100Kentucky 153 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLogan County value
Social associations · high13.1 /10k
82/100Kentucky 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLogan County value
Violent crime rate · low113 /100k
82/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationLogan County value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.7 /10k
2/100Kentucky 4.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLogan County value
Broadband subscriptions · low73.7%
3/100Kentucky 88.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLogan County value
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
4/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLogan County value
Unemployment rate · high13.6%
4/100Kentucky 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kentucky 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLogan County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
756 (2015-2019) → 1,043 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
50.4% (2015-2019) → 73.7% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
83.3% (2015-2019) → 71.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.3% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.8% (2015-2019) → 42.2% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$32,981 (2015-2019) → $38,988 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Lewisburg, Kentucky improved on 1 of 13 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.

Improved1

Broadband+23 points50.4% → 73.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lewisburg, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+3.9 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	50.4%2015-2019	73.7%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	83.3%2015-2019	71.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5382015-2019	0.4452020-2024	−0.092	Within the margin of error	95%
Median household income	$32,9812015-2019	$38,9882020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	20.9%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.6%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	36.8%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.3%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“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 Lewisburg, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lewisburg, 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, Lewisburg, Kentucky itself moved −5.9 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

1,043 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

426 households (±108)

Lewisburg, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k38%†162
$25k–50k25%†107
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

426 households (±108)

Lewisburg, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own71%303
Rent29%†123

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

296 workers (±98)

Lewisburg, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone86%†255
Carpool7.1%†21
Public transit

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 Logan County, the county holding most of Lewisburg's residents.

Logan County has 486 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Kentucky's), with 7,297 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,538. The Census Bureau also counts 2,068 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 486; 2,068 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 7,297
Average annual pay: $56,538; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	38	13.4	0.64×Fewer than typical	273	$59,916	46
Religious organizations	37	13.1	2.36×More than typical	104	$19,212	—
Specialty trade contractors	37	13.1	0.85×About typical	325	$42,932	269
Restaurants and other eating places	31	11	0.60×Fewer than typical	449	$21,060	14
Building equipment contractors	18	6.4	1.06×About typical	162	$47,278	44
Full-service restaurants	16	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	147	$23,816	5
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	14	5	1.57×More than typical	82	$47,683	56
Lessors of real estate	13	4.6	0.37×Fewer than typical	17	$42,706	140
Limited-service restaurants	13	4.6	0.57×Fewer than typical	292	$19,894	6
Offices of physicians	13	4.6	0.71×Fewer than typical	86	$75,802	3
Banks and credit unions	12	4.2	1.31×More than typical	85	$52,988	—
Gasoline stations	12	4.2	1.31×More than typical	106	$27,179	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 28,272 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: Lewisburg is mostly in Logan County.

See federal money in Logan 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.

Lewisburg, Kentucky is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Logan County30100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Logan 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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