Scores by category

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

Safety64#336/924
Economy18#755/925
Housing66#313/925
Health16#778/925
Healthcare13#804/923
Environment6#859/917
Education23#714/925
Infrastructure17#764/925
Community12#810/925
Leisure & amenities4#890/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low21.3%
91/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · low106 /100k
89/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low629 /100k
87/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · low11.7%
75/100Kentucky 12.9%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.58%
75/100Kentucky 0.75%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drug overdose deaths · low11.4 /100k
73/100Kentucky 23.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low31.9%
1/100Kentucky 69.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low25 /100k
3/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high20.7%
5/100Kentucky 17.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Median household income · low$50,772
6/100Kentucky $64,481United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.495
7/100Kentucky 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Comfortable days · low22.9%
8/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 3.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+1,569%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 37% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+37 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Property crime rateImproving
1,542 /100k (2020) → 629 /100k (2025)
−59%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
42.5% (2010 & 2021) → 31.8% (2022 & 2024)
−11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenImproving
31.6% (2020 & 2021) → 21.3% (2023 & 2024)
−10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Homicide rateImproving
8.6 /100k (2021) → 4.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%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, Mayfield, KY micropolitan area improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 9 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.

Improved12

Traffic deaths−46%26.3 /100k → 14.2 /100k
Property crime−59%1,542 /100k → 629 /100k
Real income+39%$45,340 → $62,998
Arts & recreation+31%1.6 /10k → 2.2 /10k
Violent crime−30%150 /100k → 106 /100k

Declined5

Uninsured+2.3 points6.9% → 9.2%
Suicides+24%19.3 /100k → 24.0 /100k
Restaurants−5.9%6.0 /10k → 5.7 /10k
Pharmacies−14%2.2 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Price / income+0.5×2.4× → 2.9×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Mayfield, KY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+31%	Improved	88%
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Average weekly wage	$8072020	$1,0022025	+24%	Improved	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	73.5%2015-2019	82.4%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	28.4%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Distance to an airport	118 mi2020	118 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.9 /100k2020	11.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	59%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Firearm deaths	20.3 /100k2020	21.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.9%	Little change	43%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−1.4%	Little change	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−1.4%	Little change	37%
High school diploma or higher	87.4%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	38%
Homicide rate	7.4 /100k2020	4.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Improved	65%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,3402019	$62,9982024	+39%	Improved	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4862015-2019	0.4952020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$44,0432015-2019	$50,7722020-2024	+15%	Improved	5%
New business applications	7.0 /1k2020	10.3 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	35%
Poverty rate	19.6%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Property crime rate	1,542 /100k2020	629 /100k2025	−59%	Improved	95%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	+1%	Little change	71%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	47.7%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	6.0 /10k2020	5.7 /10k2025	−5.9%	Declined	22%
Suicide rate	19.3 /100k2020	24.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Declined	21%
Traffic deaths	26.3 /100k2015-2019	14.2 /100k2020-2024	−46%	Improved	99%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	4.1%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Declined	6%
Violent crime rate	150 /100k2020	106 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	74%

“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 Mayfield, KY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mayfield, KY micropolitan 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, Mayfield, KY micropolitan area itself moved +0.7 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

36,630 residents

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

14,139 households (±399)

Mayfield, KY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k24%3,350
$25k–50k26%3,612
$50k–75k19%2,628

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,139 households (±399)

Mayfield, KY micropolitan area
United States share

Own76%10,755
Rent24%3,384

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

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

15,276 workers (±676)

Mayfield, KY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%12,362
Carpool8.4%1,277
Public transit0.1%†21

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 no occupation wages for Mayfield, KY micropolitan area.

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.

Mayfield, KY has 668 employer establishments, 183 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248), with 9,905 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,551. The Census Bureau also counts 2,802 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 668; 2,802 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 183; US 248
Paid employees: 9,905
Average annual pay: $44,551; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	54	14.8	0.95×About typical	504	$45,958	362
Restaurants and other eating places	45	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	935	$16,268	16
Religious organizations	34	9.3	1.68×More than typical	177	$21,169	—
Ambulatory health care services	31	8.5	0.41×Fewer than typical	357	$74,812	105
Building equipment contractors	27	7.4	1.23×About typical	188	$54,521	56
Limited-service restaurants	21	5.7	0.72×Fewer than typical	577	$15,990	5
Full-service restaurants	20	5.5	0.71×Fewer than typical	332	$16,873	6
Construction of buildings	18	4.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	53	$34,868	155
Gasoline stations	18	4.9	1.52×More than typical	116	$29,267	—
General merchandise stores	18	4.9	2.78×More than typical	374	$28,551	18
Lessors of real estate	17	4.6	0.38×Fewer than typical	39	$29,051	216
Truck transportation	17	4.6	0.92×About typical	93	$63,194	93

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,590 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 $0 on contracts performed in Mayfield, KY micropolitan area: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

795.5KFY2017
3.7MFY2018
98.7KFY2019
1.8MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
38.9MFY2022
-24.5MFY2023
31.1KFY2024
-4KFY2025

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.

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 $251.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mayfield, KY micropolitan area: $6,786 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $251.4M; −1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,786; US $12,955
Loan face value: $56.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$136.1M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$26.9M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$19.3M7.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$18M7.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$14.6M5.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.3M3.7%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$3.2M1.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$2.5M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$24M9.5%
FRANKFORT, KY
MAYFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.5M1.0%
MAYFIELD, KY
MAYFIELD-GRAVES COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD$2.5M1.0%
MAYFIELD, KY
SCHIFF HOLDINGS, LLC$482.3K0.2%
MAYFIELD, KY
PROMISED LAND PRODUCE LLC

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$190.3M76%
Federal Highway Administration$24M9.5%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$21.7M8.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$3.8M1.5%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

225.7MFY2021
211.2MFY2022
227.7MFY2023
227.8MFY2024
254MFY2025
251.4MFY2026

County aggregates

85%

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Mayfield, 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.

Graves CountyCentral county2337,050

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

MayfieldPrincipal city9,868

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 2026-09-29
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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Mayfield, KY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Mayfield, 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

Improved12

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type