Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety38#570/924
Economy74#245/925
Housing35#605/925
Health57#400/925
Healthcare97#25/923
Environment47#487/917
Education86#130/925
Infrastructure91#88/925
Community67#304/925
Leisure & amenities88#112/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low10 mi
98/100Kentucky 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Dentists · high111 /100k
98/100Kentucky 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · low3.6 mi
96/100Kentucky 6.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · high42.0%
92/100Kentucky 27.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high8.2 /10k
92/100Kentucky 4.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high102 /100k
92/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low23.0%
9/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.484
13/100Kentucky 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
15/100Kentucky 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · high1,715 /100k
20/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high22.0 /100k
25/100Kentucky 23.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low2.5 /10k
27/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.7 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 15% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+15 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
10.7 /1k (2020) → 18.4 /1k (2025)
+72%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
49.7 /100k (2021) → 22.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
23.6% (Dec 2021) → 34.3% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Mental health providersImproving
320 /100k (2021) → 440 /100k (2025)
+38%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
8.5 /100k (2021) → 5.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−36%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

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, Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area improved on 19 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 5 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved19

Libraries+18%0.3 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Grocery stores+17%1.4 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Arts & recreation+29%6.4 /10k → 8.2 /10k
Bachelor's++4.7 points37.3% → 42.0%
Overdose deaths−59%53.7 /100k → 22.0 /100k

Declined3

Price / income+0.8×3.1× → 3.9×
Rent / income+0.9 points28.3% → 29.2%
Suicides+9.5%16.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.4 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	+29%	Improved	86%
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Average weekly wage	$1,0192020	$1,2662025	+24%	Improved	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%2015-2019	42.0%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	85.0%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	20.9%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	69%
Distance to an airport	10 mi2020	10 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	16%
Drug overdose deaths	53.7 /100k2020	22.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−59%	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	32%
Firearm deaths	17.9 /100k2020	16.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.7%	Improved	64%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	87%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+23%	Improved	74%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	21%
Homicide rate	8.9 /100k2020	5.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Improved	67%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,1122019	$71,1922024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.4842020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$58,6852015-2019	$71,9662020-2024	+23%	Improved	25%
New business applications	10.7 /1k2020	18.4 /1k2025	+72%	Improved	80%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−3.3%	Little change	61%
Poverty rate	15.8%2015-2019	13.8%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Improved	75%
Property crime rate	2,593 /100k2020	1,715 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	51%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+18%	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	49%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Declined	40%
Rent-burdened households	46.0%2015-2019	48.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	8.9 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	81%
Suicide rate	16.8 /100k2020	18.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.5%	Declined	39%
Traffic deaths	13.3 /100k2015-2019	13.8 /100k2020-2024	+3.4%	Little change	56%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.8%2025	−2 points	Improved	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Violent crime rate	259 /100k2020	201 /100k2025	−23%	Improved	62%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area 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, Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area itself moved +2.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

522,560 residents

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 men (+0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

522,560 residents

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

White74%385,501
Black10%54,659
Hispanic or Latino8.1%42,264

Education

346,634 residents (±353)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

No high school diploma8.3%28,720
High school or GED23%81,104
Some college18%63,564

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

216,273 households (±950)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Under $25k16%33,722
$25k–50k19%42,138
$50k–75k17%36,255
$75k–100k13%27,482
$100k–150k17%35,863
$150k–200k8.6%18,609
$200k or more10%22,204

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.7 points).

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

216,273 households (±950)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Own59%128,234
Rent41%88,039

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

84,346 households (±1,578)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Under $75016%13,330
$750–1,00022%18,551
$1,000–1,50040%34,045

Home values

128,234 homes (±1,609)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Under $150k15%19,169
$150k–250k27%34,953
$250k–400k31%39,704

Age of homes

231,167 homes (±134)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

2010 or later13%29,339
2000–200916%37,626
1980–199929%67,519

Size of homes

231,167 homes (±134)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Studio2.6%5,950
1 bedroom11%25,053
2 bedrooms22%50,610
3 bedrooms

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

260,995 workers (±2,574)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%194,013
Carpool9.0%23,441
Public transit1.0%2,661
Walk2.5%6,448
Bike0.3%856
Work from home12%31,291
Other0.9%2,285

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

229,704 workers (±2,813)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
United States share

Under 15 min31%71,268
15–29 min43%98,977
30–44 min17%39,087

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 10 largest occupations in Lexington-Fayette, KY employ 64,530 people. 2 pay a median above the US median and 8 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Lexington-Fayette, KY by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators8,650 jobs	8,650	$59,730US $44,650	+34%	3.34×
General and Operations Managers8,100 jobs	8,100	$80,440US $105,770	−24%	1.25×
Registered Nurses8,070 jobs	8,070	$79,040US $97,550	−19%	1.29×
Retail Salespersons7,810 jobs	7,810	$30,100US $35,410	−15%	1.09×
Fast Food and Counter Workers5,500 jobs	5,500	$27,990US $31,200	−10%	0.77×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand5,500 jobs	5,500	$41,910US $40,240	+4%	1.01×
Stockers and Order Fillers5,430 jobs	5,430	$37,080US $37,330	−1%	1.04×
Cashiers5,250 jobs	5,250	$29,590US $32,880	−10%	0.92×
Customer Service Representatives5,200 jobs	5,200	$39,160US $44,770	−13%	1.09×
Waiters and Waitresses5,020 jobs	5,020	$34,910US $35,230	−1%	1.2×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Lexington-Fayette, KY.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Lexington-Fayette, KY has 13,490 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 240,076 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,116. The Census Bureau also counts 45,632 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,490; 45,632 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248
Paid employees: 240,076
Average annual pay: $55,116; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lexington-Fayette, KY by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,276	24.3	1.17×About typical	14,824	$74,147	2,134
Restaurants and other eating places	969	18.5	1.01×About typical	23,520	$21,115	181
Specialty trade contractors	743	14.2	0.91×About typical	7,447	$63,185	3,143
Lessors of real estate	710	13.5	1.10×About typical	2,603	$52,552	5,420
Limited-service restaurants	453	8.6	1.08×About typical	10,790	$19,866	69
Full-service restaurants	400	7.6	0.99×About typical	10,995	$22,755	73
Offices of other health practitioners	385	7.3	1.21×About typical	2,323	$44,146	1,004
Offices of physicians	377	7.2	1.11×About typical	5,375	$113,841	504
Religious organizations	368	7	1.26×More than typical	3,676	$27,637	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	351	6.7	0.99×About typical	3,588	$36,116	2,383
Management, scientific and technical consulting	342	6.5	0.97×About typical	2,113	$67,473	1,760
Construction of buildings	336	6.4	0.85×About typical	3,314	$89,456	1,156

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 524,584 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $967.4M on contracts performed in Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area: $1,808 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $967.4M; −20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,808; US $2,008
Sole-source: 7.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.5%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Special Operations Command$608.1M63%
Department of the Army$115.4M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs$63.9M6.6%
Federal Acquisition Service$54.4M5.6%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$48.9M5.1%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$17.9M1.9%
Department of Energy$15.5M1.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$12.5M1.3%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$602.6M62%
MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO$82.5M8.5%
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$21.1M2.2%
SEMPER TEK CMS JV LLC$20.9M2.2%
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$19.3M2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

887MFY2017
889.6MFY2018
1BFY2019
1.2BFY2020
996.1MFY2021
980.7MFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1B

Top industries (NAICS)

Other support services · 5619$602.5M62%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$127.6M13%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$44.4M4.6%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$29.9M3.1%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$20.6M2.1%
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4238

Largest awards

MQ-9 GCS CMS - BASE$117.8M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Fayette County, KY· Professional services· Feb 14, 2024 – Apr 22, 2026· H9225424F2807
DBB CONSTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) FORAGE ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH UNIT (FAPRU) LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY$82.5M
MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO· Fayette County, KY· Construction & real property· Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026· W912QR26CA035
MH-47 BLK II POST PRODUCTION$79.4M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Fayette County, KY· Professional services· Mar 12, 2020 – Dec 9, 2025· H9225420F2324
MH47G BLK II POST PROD LOT 5 (P11)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area: $5,824 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.1B; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,824; US $12,990
Loan face value: $588.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.8B58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$229.5M7.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$215M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$162.2M5.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$85.6M2.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$74.9M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$40.2M1.3%
11.071 · 2026 Congressionally Identified Construction Grants$34.7M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE$223.1M7.2%
LEXINGTON, KY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$68.7M2.2%
FRANKFORT, KY
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$59.8M1.9%
LEXINGTON, KY
LEXINGTON-FAYATTE URBAN COUNTY HOUSING A$35.8M1.1%
LEXINGTON, KY
BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.3B73%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$249.6M8.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health$126.6M4.1%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education$104.2M3.3%
Federal Highway Administration$68.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

3BFY2021
2.8BFY2022
3BFY2023
3.1BFY2024
3.7BFY2025
3.1BFY2026

County aggregates

81%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Lexington-FayettePrincipal city323,725

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Kentucky

Areas based in Kentucky, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved19

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Kentucky

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved19

Declined3

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought