Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety63#1,135/3,096
Economy34#2,080/3,143
Housing96#142/3,140
Health21#2,478/3,144
Healthcare5#2,977/3,143
Environment22#2,410/3,108
Education16#2,651/3,144
Infrastructure49#1,613/3,144
Community35#2,054/3,144
Leisure & amenities40#1,900/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bracken County, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
92/100Kentucky 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Child care cost burden · low20.0%
91/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drought exposure · low4%
90/100Kentucky 21%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Property crime rate · low341 /100k
86/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cost of buying a home today · low21.4%
83/100Kentucky 27.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Restaurants and bars · high12.9 /10k
83/100Kentucky 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low0.0%
0/100Kentucky 69.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · high21.0
1/100Kentucky 14.9United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Mental health providers · low12 /100k
2/100Kentucky 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 4.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comfortable days · low22.4%
5/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Average commute time · high34.5 min
6/100Kentucky 24.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
3.9 /1k (2020) → 11.4 /1k (2025)
+190%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.7% (2015-2019) → 89.8% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Public librariesImproving
1.2 /10k (2019) → 2.4 /10k (2024)
+97%5 yearsUS 0.5 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Violent crime rateWorsening
48 /100k (2020) → 94 /100k (2025)
+96%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
81.0 /100k (2021) → 18.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−78%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
820 /100k (2020) → 341 /100k (2025)
−58%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /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, Bracken County, Kentucky improved on 9 of 27 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved9

New businesses+190%3.9 /1k → 11.4 /1k
Broadband+22 points67.7% → 89.8%
Property crime−58%820 /100k → 341 /100k
Bachelor's++4.6 points13.2% → 17.8%
Overdose deaths−57%42.4 /100k → 18.2 /100k

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 27 measures

Change of every measure of Bracken County, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	38.4 min2015-2019	34.5 min2020-2024	−3.9 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Average weekly wage	$7692020	$9512025	+24%	Improved	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	67.7%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	19.2%2019	20.2%2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	40 mi2020	40 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	42.4 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−57%	Improved	83%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.73%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−1.3%	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	94%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,9412019	$51,6242024	+29%	Improved	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$53,2892019	$66,6352024	+25%	Improved	51%
New business applications	3.9 /1k2020	11.4 /1k2025	+190%	Improved	98%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−1.3%	Within the margin of error	62%
Poverty rate	14.1%2019	13.8%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Property crime rate	820 /100k2020	341 /100k2025	−58%	Improved	86%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	2.4 /10k2024	+97%	Within the margin of error	99%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	22.9%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	40.2%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	12.9 /10k2025	+55%	Within the margin of error	96%
Students per teacher	16.7×2019	15.8×2024	−1.0×	Improved	61%
Traffic deaths	28.9 /100k2015-2019	16.6 /100k2020-2024	−42%	Within the margin of error	92%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	5.5%2025	−0.6 points	Little change	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2019	8.0%2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Violent crime rate	48 /100k2020	94 /100k2025	+96%	Within the margin of error	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Bracken County, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bracken County, 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, Bracken County, Kentucky itself moved +5.8 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

8,444 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: 60–69 women (+2.1 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

8,444 residents

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White95%7,982
Black0.6%†54
Hispanic or Latino1.5%125

Education

5,884 residents (±24)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma11%637
High school or GED41%2,422
Some college18%1,085

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

3,364 households (±145)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k17%570
$25k–50k23%772
$50k–75k15%502
$75k–100k12%409
$100k–150k16%545
$150k–200k9.8%†330
$200k or more7.0%†236

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.7 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

3,364 households (±145)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own79%2,642
Rent21%722

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

599 households (±117)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $75049%†296
$750–1,00026%†158
$1,000–1,50021%†123

Home values

2,642 homes (±169)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k55%1,444
$150k–250k21%563
$250k–400k16%426

Age of homes

3,860 homes (±41)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later8.8%†340
2000–200917%657
1980–199931%1,185

Size of homes

3,860 homes (±41)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio0.6%†23
1 bedroom5.0%†192
2 bedrooms26%1,018

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

3,654 workers (±221)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone81%2,942
Carpool14%†511
Public transit0.2%†9
Walk1.9%†68
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.4%†123
Other0.0%†1

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

3,531 workers (±217)

Bracken County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min24%844
15–29 min18%628
30–44 min17%589

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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

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.

Bracken County has 98 employer establishments, 116 for every 10,000 residents (0.47× the US rate of 248; 0.56× Kentucky's), with 943 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,383. The Census Bureau also counts 576 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 98; 576 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 116; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 943
Average annual pay: $40,383; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	10	11.9	2.14×More than typical	19	$16,737	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	10.7	0.58×Too few to compare	102	$15,755	—
Full-service restaurants	8	9.5	1.24×Too few to compare	97	$15,680	—
Specialty trade contractors	8	9.5	0.61×Too few to compare	61	$51,475	75
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	7.1	1.06×Too few to compare	47	$50,106	47
Banks and credit unions	4	4.8	1.47×Too few to compare	22	$46,273	3
Building equipment contractors	4	4.8	0.79×Too few to compare	33	$49,152	19
Child day care services	4	4.8	1.95×Too few to compare	16	$19,938	8
Gasoline stations	4	4.8	1.47×Too few to compare	23	$18,957	—
Landscaping services	4	4.8	1.36×Too few to compare	31	$64,387	14
Legal services	4	4.8	0.88×Too few to compare	11	$16,364	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	3.6	0.71×Too few to compare	8	$44,000	28

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,416 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Bracken County, Kentucky: $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

355FY2018
1.1KFY2019
24.7KFY2020
-12.7KFY2021
223.6KFY2024

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.

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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 $54.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bracken County, Kentucky: $6,364 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $54.2M; −9.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,364; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$32.7M60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$7.8M14%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$4.5M8.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.5M8.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2M3.6%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$379.5K0.7%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$378.4K0.7%
10.924 · Conservation Stewardship Program$354K0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

BRACKEN CREEK APARTMENTS$275K0.5%
AUGUSTA, KY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$90K0.2%
FRANKFORT, KY
BROOKSVILLE COURT APARTMENTS, LLC$35.2K0.1%
BROOKSVILLE, KY
AUGUSTA BOARD OF EDUCATION$32.7K0.1%
AUGUSTA, KY
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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$46.9M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5.1M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$727.3K1.3%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$356.6K0.7%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Assistance by fiscal year

44.6MFY2021
45.7MFY2022
48MFY2023
51.4MFY2024
59.8MFY2025
54.2MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

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.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bracken County, Kentucky compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bracken County, Kentucky
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$0	$1,436
FY2018	$0.04	$1,552
FY2019	$0.13	$1,654
FY2020	$2.94	$1,880
FY2021	-$1.50	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$26.43	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$13.72	$5,748
FY2022	-$17.28	$5,221
FY2023	$1.44	$5,364
FY2024	$23.21	$5,501
FY2025	$263	$5,732
FY2026	$21.48

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	-$26.54	$298
FY2022	-$24.54	$357
FY2023	-$3.25	$301
FY2024	-$0.97	$319
FY2025	$255	$360
FY2026	$10.57

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$63.00	$239
FY2022	$51.26	$185
FY2023	$56.43	$229
FY2024	$70.52	$229
FY2025	$69.06	$249
FY2026	$54.89

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$384	$1,186
FY2022	$143	$465
FY2023	-$3.37	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$9.99

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bracken County, Kentucky
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bracken County, Kentucky and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−0.9%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/21023

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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.

Bracken County, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas MassieR-KY-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 85%Missed 5.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Bracken County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69Outlying county

Cities and towns in Bracken County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bracken County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/21023

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−2.8%	−4.2%
2015	−3.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.3%	+3.3%
2018	+1.6%	+6.8%
2019	+0.4%	+10.5%
2020	+11.6%	+19.4%
2021	+17.1%	+26.1%
2022	+21.5%	+30.6%
2023	+28.3%	+35.0%
2024	+31.9%	+41.0%
2025	+38.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−5.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+8.8%	+8.9%
2019	+13.4%	+13.5%
2020	+24.3%	+20.8%
2021	+36.5%	+32.1%
2022	+33.5%	+35.4%
2023	+37.5%	+42.9%
2024	+47.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−11.2%	−6.9%
2015	−5.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+4.7%
2018	+19.6%	+7.5%
2019	+12.9%	+14.0%
2020	+16.8%	+16.9%
2021	+17.3%	+21.0%
2022	+23.6%	+29.7%
2023	+36.6%	+34.9%
2024	+41.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	18.6%	15.5%
2015	15.7%	14.7%
2016	16.7%	14.0%
2017	15.6%	13.4%
2018	11.3%	13.1%
2019	14.1%	12.3%
2020	13.2%	11.9%
2021	14.8%	12.8%
2022	15.2%	12.6%
2023	14.3%	12.5%
2024	13.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−12.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+41.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+78.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+89.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+95.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	7.9%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	6.1%	4.9%
2017	5.7%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.8%	3.6%
2024	5.8%	4.0%
2025	5.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	9.2%	13.5%
2015	6.5%	10.9%
2016	6.0%	10.0%
2017	6.3%	10.2%
2018	6.0%	10.4%
2019	7.4%	10.8%
2020	7.0%	10.4%
2021	7.1%	10.2%
2022	6.2%	9.5%
2023	6.2%	9.5%
2024	8.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bracken County, Kentucky	United States
2014	6.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	3.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.4/1k	16.6/1k

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