Scores by category

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

Safety43#8,880/15,637
Economy67#5,117/15,631
Housing94#840/14,977
Health26#11,625/15,609
Healthcare48#8,160/15,650
Environment56#6,782/15,453
Education38#9,779/15,649
Infrastructure79#3,355/15,650
Community11#13,918/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,663/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent as share of income · low20.2%
90/100Kentucky 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low0.0%
88/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Child care cost burden · low22.4%
87/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardin County value
Dentists · high96 /100k
86/100Kentucky 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardin County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Kentucky 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardin County value
Poverty rate · low3.9%
85/100Kentucky 15.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.2%
3/100Kentucky -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHardin County value
Suicide rate · high28.5 /100k
5/100Kentucky 18.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHardin County value
Firearm deaths · high25.8 /100k
5/100Kentucky 16.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHardin County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high120 mi
7/100Kentucky 78 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHardin County value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Kentucky 10.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHardin County value
Depression · high27.3%
16/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,565 (2015-2019) → 2,470 (2020-2024)
−31%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.6% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−60 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
41.6% (2015-2019) → 20.2% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.8% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
8.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Rineyville, 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 Rineyville, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	27.5 min2020-2024	+5.8 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	84.8%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	95.5%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3562015-2019	0.3672020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$101,3332015-2019	$84,5112020-2024	−17%	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	41.6%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−21 points	Within the margin of error	99%

“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 Rineyville, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rineyville, 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, Rineyville, Kentucky itself moved −1.3 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

2,470 residents (±709)

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: 70–79 women (+6.5 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

2,470 residents (±709)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White77%1,900
Black6.6%†163
Hispanic or Latino2.5%†62
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races14%†345

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,701 residents (±424)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma5.5%†93
High school or GED34%†579
Some college26%†443
Associate degree11%†183
Bachelor's degree20%†332
Graduate degree4.2%†71

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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

906 households (±213)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k4.5%†41
$25k–50k16%†142
$50k–75k12%†112
$75k–100k31%†277
$100k–150k8.8%†80
$150k–200k16%†141
$200k or more12%†113

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−34.6 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 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

906 households (±213)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own93%841
Rent7.2%†65

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

65 households (±66)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $75026%†17
$750–1,00052%†34
$1,000–1,50022%†14

Home values

841 homes (±209)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k25%†211
$150k–250k24%†204
$250k–400k39%†324

Age of homes

906 homes (±213)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later13%†119
2000–200941%†374
1980–199928%†255

Size of homes

906 homes (±213)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms7.5%†68

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

1,071 workers (±266)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone57%611
Carpool14%†149
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home24%†261
Other4.7%†50

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−31.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

810 workers (±228)

Rineyville, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min13%†105
15–29 min50%†402
30–44 min18%†146

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 Elizabethtown, KY

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 Hardin County, the county holding most of Rineyville's residents.

Hardin County has 2,253 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Kentucky's), with 36,716 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,455. The Census Bureau also counts 6,863 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,253; 6,863 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 36,716
Average annual pay: $46,455; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	262	23.3	1.12×About typical	2,806	$73,615	289
Restaurants and other eating places	186	16.6	0.90×About typical	4,318	$20,948	28
Specialty trade contractors	119	10.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	903	$53,771	496
Lessors of real estate	100	8.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	276	$35,062	784
Limited-service restaurants	93	8.3	1.03×About typical	2,278	$19,790	12
Offices of physicians	85	7.6	1.17×About typical	968	$121,283	43
Religious organizations	82	7.3	1.32×More than typical	471	$23,550	—
Full-service restaurants	73	6.5	0.85×About typical	1,615	$24,071	12
Offices of other health practitioners	69	6.1	1.01×About typical	358	$46,112	163
Construction of buildings	62	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	336	$53,006	227
Building equipment contractors	60	5.3	0.89×About typical	579	$61,642	93
Services to buildings and dwellings	56	5	0.74×Fewer than typical	397	$30,322	461

Rank places for an industry Open Hardin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 112,322 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 Rineyville, Kentucky: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

1.4KFY2020
5.7KFY2022
7.2KFY2024

What was bought

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

Rineyville, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Hardin County, KY ($239.3M 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: Rineyville is mostly in Hardin County.

See federal money in Hardin 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.

Rineyville, 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.

Hardin County55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Elizabethtown, KY46

Other cities and towns in Hardin 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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