Scores by category

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

Safety93#1,086/15,637
Economy12#13,687/15,631
Housing73#4,095/14,977
Health5#14,809/15,609
Healthcare23#12,039/15,650
Environment48#8,078/15,453
Education58#6,522/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,812/15,650
Community29#11,147/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,132/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low48 /100k
98/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGreenup County value
Pharmacies · high3.1 /10k
97/100Kentucky 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreenup County value
Property crime rate · low329 /100k
96/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGreenup County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Kentucky 5.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGreenup County value
Child care cost burden · low20.6%
93/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenup County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
88/100Kentucky 78 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauGreenup County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high5,245 /100k
1/100Kentucky 3,415 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenup County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGreenup County value
Adult smoking · high23.2%
4/100Kentucky 17.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high30.2%
5/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low4.0 /10k
5/100Kentucky 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreenup County value
Injury deaths · high140 /100k
6/100Kentucky 115 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenup County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,511 (2015-2019) → 2,265 (2020-2024)
−9.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.6% (2015-2019) → 63.7% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.5 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
28.1% (2015-2019) → 34.7% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.0% (2015-2019) → 90.5% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.9% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Raceland, Kentucky improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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 13 measures

Change of every measure of Raceland, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	84.0%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Child poverty rate	25.6%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.06%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4212015-2019	0.4772020-2024	+0.056	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$48,9842015-2019	$57,2222020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	27%
Poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	38.6%2015-2019	63.7%2020-2024	+25 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.8%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−0.7 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 Raceland, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Raceland, 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, Raceland, Kentucky itself moved −10.1 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

2,265 residents (±395)

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: 20–29 women (−4.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,265 residents (±395)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White97%2,198
Black1.1%†26
Hispanic or Latino0.7%†16

Education

1,684 residents (±284)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma5.5%†93
High school or GED41%†683
Some college22%372

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

1,104 households (±218)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k24%†267
$25k–50k20%†223
$50k–75k32%†357
$75k–100k6.7%†74
$100k–150k9.5%†105
$150k–200k2.5%†28
$200k or more4.5%†50

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

1,104 households (±218)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own75%826
Rent25%†278

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

273 households (±121)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $75021%†58
$750–1,00062%†168
$1,000–1,50017%†47

Home values

826 homes (±195)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k64%†527
$150k–250k28%233
$250k–400k7.4%†61

Age of homes

1,198 homes (±221)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later3.6%†43
2000–20096.0%†72
1980–199930%†354

Size of homes

1,198 homes (±221)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.0%†24
2 bedrooms24%†291

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

781 workers (±161)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone85%665
Carpool6.4%†50
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.7%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.8%†53
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

728 workers (±158)

Raceland, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min20%†143
15–29 min60%†440
30–44 min13%†91

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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

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 Greenup County, the county holding most of Raceland's residents.

Greenup County has 466 employer establishments, 132 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Kentucky's), with 5,079 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,142. The Census Bureau also counts 2,090 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 466; 2,090 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 132; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 5,079
Average annual pay: $46,142; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	42	11.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	334	$53,602	118
Restaurants and other eating places	37	10.5	0.57×Fewer than typical	653	$18,887	11
Specialty trade contractors	27	7.6	0.49×Fewer than typical	115	$49,043	200
Religious organizations	22	6.2	1.12×About typical	93	$21,258	—
Gasoline stations	19	5.4	1.66×More than typical	179	$20,291	—
Limited-service restaurants	19	5.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	371	$17,275	8
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	153	$36,157	149
Full-service restaurants	15	4.2	0.55×Fewer than typical	211	$21,232	—
Banks and credit unions	14	4	1.23×About typical	103	$51,961	—
Construction of buildings	14	4	0.52×Fewer than typical	47	$43,170	80
General merchandise stores	14	4	2.24×More than typical	103	$19,417	24
Insurance agencies and brokerages	14	4	0.90×About typical	80	$51,600	55

Rank places for an industry Open Greenup County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,311 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Raceland, Kentucky: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

32.3KFY2018
-19.6KFY2020
2.1KFY2025

What was bought

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

Raceland, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Greenup County, KY ($653.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Greenup 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.

Raceland, 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.

Greenup County41100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH33

Other cities and towns in Greenup 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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