Median household income, Black householders
All households in Kentucky: $63,726 (plus or minus $429).
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best
Spencer County
$171,164, plus or minus $468. Ranked 1st of 21 counties.
What is Spencer County doing that works? Furthest to go: Boyd County, $27,823. See Spencer County ›
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Ranked from doing best
Every county in Kentucky
| Margin of error | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer County | $171,164 | plus or minus $468 | $102,618 |
| 2 | Laurel County | $130,500 | plus or minus $23,616 | $57,771 |
| 3 | Ohio County | $106,406 | plus or minus $20,460 | $57,798 |
| 4 | Metcalfe County | $88,212 | plus or minus $18,711 | $51,473 |
| 5 | Boone County | $81,590 | plus or minus $5,658 | $99,414 |
| 6 | Madison County | $67,606 | plus or minus $11,128 | $63,351 |
| 7 | Adair County | $61,157 | plus or minus $424 | $53,553 |
| 8 | Hardin County | $55,253 | plus or minus $6,861 | $67,647 |
| 9 | Scott County | $54,927 | plus or minus $7,949 | $85,158 |
| 10 | Shelby County | $52,588 | plus or minus $4,205 | $82,604 |
| 11 | Kenton County | $50,447 | plus or minus $8,973 | $80,548 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | $48,082 | plus or minus $2,563 | $69,866 |
| 13 | Fayette County | $45,928 | plus or minus $3,358 | $69,479 |
| 14 | Woodford County | $41,964 | plus or minus $8,508 | $83,788 |
| 15 | Christian County | $41,348 | plus or minus $6,960 | $55,494 |
| 16 | Warren County | $40,747 | plus or minus $7,181 | $65,794 |
| 17 | Union County | $36,700 | plus or minus $4,367 | $60,327 |
| 18 | Boyle County | $35,794 | plus or minus $3,040 | $61,159 |
| 19 | Fulton County | $35,657 | plus or minus $1,909 | $38,217 |
| 20 | Muhlenberg County | $33,967 | plus or minus $1,062 | $51,927 |
| 21 | Boyd County | $27,823 | plus or minus $5,093 | $61,118 |
| Not ranked | Allen County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $61,403 | |
| Not ranked | Anderson County | $40,341 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,097 | $74,488 |
| Not ranked | Ballard County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $66,164 | |
| Not ranked | Barren County | $33,806 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $11,657 | $50,628 |
| Not ranked | Bath County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $56,541 | |
| Not ranked | Bell County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $31,354 | |
| Not ranked | Bourbon County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $61,354 | |
| Not ranked | Bracken County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $66,319 | |
| Not ranked | Breathitt County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $34,808 | |
| Not ranked | Breckinridge County | $42,625 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $23,812 | $55,843 |
| Not ranked | Bullitt County | $41,862 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $38,460 | $80,558 |
| Not ranked | Butler County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $56,092 | |
| Not ranked | Caldwell County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $59,583 | |
| Not ranked | Calloway County | $50,881 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $14,748 | $52,706 |
| Not ranked | Campbell County | $42,162 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $17,026 | $77,567 |
| Not ranked | Carlisle County | $65,682 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $54,390 | $62,439 |
| Not ranked | Carroll County | $133,038 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $34,425 | $56,466 |
| Not ranked | Carter County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $51,235 | |
| Not ranked | Casey County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $45,510 | |
| Not ranked | Clark County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $64,348 | |
| Not ranked | Clay County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $40,900 | |
| Not ranked | Clinton County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $44,844 | |
| Not ranked | Crittenden County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $46,656 | |
| Not ranked | Cumberland County | $19,250 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,435 | $40,000 |
| Not ranked | Daviess County | $53,712 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $24,120 | $68,214 |
| Not ranked | Edmonson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $54,937 | |
| Not ranked | Elliott County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $45,776 | |
| Not ranked | Estill County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $46,051 | |
| Not ranked | Fleming County | $31,000 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $18,487 | $49,307 |
| Not ranked | Floyd County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $41,279 | |
| Not ranked | Franklin County | $42,500 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,478 | $65,298 |
| Not ranked | Gallatin County | $53,611 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,067 | $63,346 |
| Not ranked | Garrard County | $67,344 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $60,090 | $63,087 |
| Not ranked | Grant County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $69,178 | |
| Not ranked | Graves County | $31,772 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,783 | $50,772 |
| Not ranked | Grayson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $50,757 | |
| Not ranked | Green County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $46,798 | |
| Not ranked | Greenup County | $67,708 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $39,803 | $60,751 |
| Not ranked | Hancock County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $65,464 | |
| Not ranked | Harlan County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $41,693 | |
| Not ranked | Harrison County | $16,326 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $14,334 | $66,442 |
| Not ranked | Hart County | $54,167 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $36,897 | $52,285 |
| Not ranked | Henderson County | $35,068 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $9,739 | $58,851 |
| Not ranked | Henry County | $50,250 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $29,927 | $63,347 |
| Not ranked | Hickman County | $34,583 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $11,789 | $60,867 |
| Not ranked | Hopkins County | $37,500 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $32,982 | $56,815 |
| Not ranked | Jackson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $40,000 | |
| Not ranked | Jessamine County | $57,780 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $31,826 | $74,576 |
| Not ranked | Johnson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $44,904 | |
| Not ranked | Knott County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $41,761 | |
| Not ranked | Knox County | $11,922 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $6,962 | $32,527 |
| Not ranked | Larue County | $64,821 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $47,818 | $67,067 |
| Not ranked | Lawrence County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $46,772 | |
| Not ranked | Lee County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $37,568 | |
| Not ranked | Leslie County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $35,934 | |
| Not ranked | Letcher County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $41,793 | |
| Not ranked | Lewis County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $46,838 | |
| Not ranked | Lincoln County | $35,690 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,208 | $52,440 |
| Not ranked | Livingston County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $58,984 | |
| Not ranked | Logan County | $62,516 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $27,903 | $60,382 |
| Not ranked | Lyon County | $100,388 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $68,126 | $65,066 |
| Not ranked | Magoffin County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $33,080 | |
| Not ranked | Marion County | $45,123 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $25,277 | $59,627 |
| Not ranked | Marshall County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $65,831 | |
| Not ranked | Martin County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $37,042 | |
| Not ranked | Mason County | $55,609 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $22,683 | $52,178 |
| Not ranked | McCracken County | $40,333 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $19,765 | $64,373 |
| Not ranked | McCreary County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $33,750 | |
| Not ranked | McLean County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $65,596 | |
| Not ranked | Meade County | $105,270 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $33,136 | $74,355 |
| Not ranked | Menifee County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $45,096 | |
| Not ranked | Mercer County | $49,545 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $19,029 | $64,824 |
| Not ranked | Monroe County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $51,280 | |
| Not ranked | Montgomery County | $19,911 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $6,749 | $56,396 |
| Not ranked | Morgan County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $47,913 | |
| Not ranked | Nelson County | $41,094 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $24,821 | $69,562 |
| Not ranked | Nicholas County | $53,295 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $18,614 | $59,531 |
| Not ranked | Oldham County | $86,786 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $31,861 | $122,497 |
| Not ranked | Owen County | $102,917 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $85,163 | $61,134 |
| Not ranked | Owsley County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $22,188 | |
| Not ranked | Pendleton County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $64,669 | |
| Not ranked | Perry County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $42,181 | |
| Not ranked | Pike County | $36,176 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $14,493 | $44,312 |
| Not ranked | Powell County | $23,289 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,246 | $40,309 |
| Not ranked | Pulaski County | $55,391 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $40,810 | $51,898 |
| Not ranked | Robertson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $51,830 | |
| Not ranked | Rockcastle County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $48,862 | |
| Not ranked | Rowan County | $70,728 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,091 | $54,321 |
| Not ranked | Russell County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $44,738 | |
| Not ranked | Simpson County | $53,113 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $35,668 | $59,858 |
| Not ranked | Taylor County | $63,370 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $39,998 | $60,456 |
| Not ranked | Todd County | $47,614 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $21,203 | $61,103 |
| Not ranked | Trigg County | $41,302 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,788 | $59,857 |
| Not ranked | Trimble County | $115,987 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $78,374 | $66,027 |
| Not ranked | Washington County | $40,652 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $21,617 | $61,616 |
| Not ranked | Wayne County | $20,772 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,825 | $45,739 |
| Not ranked | Webster County | $59,909 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $19,968 | $59,628 |
| Not ranked | Whitley County | under $2,500 Census reports only a capped figure | $44,615 | |
| Not ranked | Wolfe County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $30,417 |
Ranked: the 21 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.
Who decides
From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.
You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.
Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?
Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.
Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?
Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.
Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?
Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.
Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?
What you can do
- This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
- The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
- Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources
Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.
Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.
Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.