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Most Educated Cities in Kentucky

Cities with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.

#CityBachelor's+Graduate+Median IncomePopulation
1 Indian Hills 84.8% 46.2% $192,000 2,897
2 Anchorage 83.8% 42.8% $199,375 2,506
3 Prospect 74.4% 39.4% $163,462 4,542
4 Hurstbourne 70.8% 30.3% $116,094 4,702
5 Northfield 69.4% 26.9% $111,250 1,250
6 Windy Hills 68.8% 32.8% $130,714 2,081
7 Barbourmeade 66.6% 24.1% $116,875 1,247
8 Park Hills 65.7% 28.2% $99,861 3,165
9 Beechwood Village 65.3% 32.1% $118,333 1,292
10 Audubon Park 61.2% 26.6% $100,972 1,707
11 Wilder 61.0% 29.0% $70,893 3,135
12 Hurstbourne Acres 60.9% 19.9% $66,891 1,972
13 Douglass Hills 60.1% 25.4% $78,482 5,474
14 Union 58.9% 24.2% $136,712 7,642
15 St. Matthews 58.7% 26.5% $82,412 17,577
16 Francisville 56.4% 21.0% $159,371 10,565
17 Buckner 56.1% 24.4% $164,219 4,119
18 Pewee Valley 55.7% 22.9% $156,979 1,483
19 Fort Thomas 55.3% 23.6% $104,350 17,169
20 Edgewood 54.9% 20.3% $119,028 8,447
21 Lakeside Park 54.3% 27.7% $128,650 2,828
22 Middletown 53.2% 21.9% $82,537 9,763
23 Bellefonte 52.6% 23.2% $117,250 1,419
24 Villa Hills 51.4% 25.1% $107,859 7,480
25 Graymoor-Devondale 50.9% 22.8% $96,667 2,802
26 Orchard Grass Hills 50.6% 17.6% $107,000 1,912
27 St. Regis Park 49.8% 18.1% $107,813 1,783
28 Wilmore 49.6% 21.5% $77,665 6,057
29 Crestview Hills 49.4% 15.3% $95,441 3,284
30 Massac 49.4% 23.6% $92,560 4,698
31 Fort Knox 48.3% 20.0% $82,663 8,836
32 Lexington-Fayette 48.3% 21.0% $69,479 323,725
33 Fort Mitchell 47.4% 20.5% $86,310 8,713
34 Crestwood 47.1% 19.5% $108,046 6,356
35 Coldstream 46.3% 18.4% $109,226 1,331
36 Fort Wright 45.3% 17.0% $105,024 5,887
37 Lyndon 43.8% 17.8% $65,679 11,030
38 Simpsonville 43.7% 17.9% $91,188 3,062
39 Bellevue 43.5% 13.0% $71,166 5,636
40 Elk Creek 42.8% 17.8% $144,100 2,207
41 Cold Spring 42.6% 18.3% $75,000 6,341
42 Doe Valley 42.5% 18.9% $109,135 1,776
43 Philpot 42.4% 12.2% $87,692 1,036
44 Plano 41.7% 9.1% $80,188 1,290
45 Crescent Springs 41.2% 15.0% $83,066 4,486
46 Midway 40.8% 17.7% $61,650 1,776
47 Highland Heights 40.7% 15.2% $53,275 6,444
48 Pikeville 40.4% 19.6% $39,955 7,490
49 Verona 40.3% 19.6% $144,507 1,394
50 Jeffersontown 39.8% 16.2% $81,506 29,199
51 Hendron 39.4% 16.8% $71,610 4,495
52 La Grange 38.4% 16.5% $88,464 10,311
53 Ludlow 38.4% 9.1% $65,284 4,378
54 Taylor Mill 38.3% 14.4% $88,546 6,937
55 West Buechel 37.9% 7.1% $48,784 1,599
56 Worthington Hills 37.1% 11.4% $73,889 1,957
57 Versailles 36.7% 15.3% $62,368 10,492
58 Independence 36.4% 11.2% $102,361 29,392
59 Newport 36.3% 12.8% $60,853 13,967
60 Stearns 36.2% 4.5% $55,931 1,271
61 Murray 36.1% 15.5% $44,091 18,080
62 Russell 35.9% 18.4% $76,182 3,676
63 Plantation 35.9% 15.6% $82,167 1,013
64 Oakbrook 35.6% 12.8% $94,652 10,211
65 Alexandria 35.3% 13.2% $102,239 10,562
66 Richmond 34.9% 14.2% $50,870 37,111
67 Claryville 34.4% 8.1% $81,458 3,251
68 Sorgho 34.3% 13.7% $121,579 2,960
69 Georgetown 34.1% 12.5% $80,088 39,117
70 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government 33.8% 14.0% $66,849 631,818
71 Southgate 32.9% 12.6% $54,421 3,717
72 Walton 32.6% 14.2% $77,917 5,730
73 Covington 32.3% 10.7% $61,166 41,110
74 Erlanger 32.0% 11.5% $75,840 19,875
75 Reidland 31.9% 11.2% $99,423 5,277
76 Burlington 31.8% 12.1% $109,308 18,008
77 Bowling Green 31.2% 13.2% $48,873 75,388
78 Hebron 30.0% 5.8% $106,719 6,407
79 Morehead 29.9% 16.0% $36,741 6,870
80 Paducah 28.8% 12.2% $49,915 26,845
81 Heritage Creek 28.4% 10.6% $100,294 1,283
82 Frankfort 28.4% 12.1% $53,073 28,503
83 Elizabethtown 28.2% 11.6% $60,760 32,576
84 Russell Springs 28.1% 15.2% $38,697 2,773
85 Barbourville 27.9% 18.0% $22,046 3,146
86 Berea 27.2% 13.0% $59,495 15,786
87 Nicholasville 26.9% 10.1% $68,503 32,197
88 Shelbyville 26.7% 8.9% $75,610 17,668
89 Bardstown 26.7% 11.8% $51,381 13,804
90 Danville 26.5% 12.4% $52,646 17,327
91 Florence 26.4% 8.9% $71,003 32,803
92 Harlan 26.3% 14.0% $32,408 2,160
93 Vine Grove 26.2% 13.7% $72,560 6,830
94 Mount Washington 26.1% 9.2% $96,239 18,480
95 Owensboro 26.1% 10.4% $56,357 60,302
96 Greenville 26.0% 10.2% $46,054 4,410
97 Corbin 25.5% 10.9% $51,065 8,246
98 Columbia 25.3% 17.4% $47,299 4,808
99 Paris 25.0% 12.5% $55,839 10,160
100 Ashland 24.8% 12.6% $52,715 21,295
101 Campbellsville 24.6% 7.6% $49,644 11,622
102 Bloomfield 24.3% 10.6% $55,063 1,124
103 Elsmere 24.3% 2.9% $60,503 9,205
104 Coal Run Village 24.1% 9.4% $52,750 1,724
105 Pioneer Village 23.8% 13.5% $84,167 2,723
106 Rineyville 23.7% 4.2% $84,511 2,470
107 Madisonville 23.6% 11.3% $53,860 19,515
108 Mount Sterling 23.6% 9.0% $55,827 7,551
109 Hazard 23.6% 16.6% $51,016 5,008
110 Hopkinsville 23.3% 8.0% $49,139 30,906
111 Irvine 23.1% 5.0% $42,805 2,723
112 Louisa 23.0% 7.6% $40,000 2,580
113 Dayton 22.9% 6.6% $65,992 5,743
114 Calvert City 22.8% 10.8% $48,906 2,526
115 Olive Hill 22.7% 14.6% $70,682 1,636
116 Winchester 22.4% 8.1% $54,378 19,213
117 Glasgow 22.4% 6.7% $43,074 15,197
118 Augusta 21.9% 5.9% $51,250 1,510
119 Lawrenceburg 21.8% 8.0% $66,486 11,943
120 Flemingsburg 21.7% 10.8% $35,493 2,965
121 Livermore 21.6% 9.1% $40,099 1,223
122 Williamstown 21.4% 6.7% $95,050 3,945
123 Williamsburg 21.2% 12.7% $38,147 5,270
124 Harrodsburg 21.0% 6.3% $48,381 9,313
125 Raceland 20.7% 6.6% $57,222 2,265
126 Junction City 20.6% 3.3% $45,938 2,643
127 Benton 20.2% 8.8% $66,827 4,748
128 Masonville 20.1% 9.4% $83,241 2,887
129 Brandenburg 19.9% 7.9% $49,844 2,937
130 Somerset 19.9% 9.6% $34,704 12,216
131 Maysville 19.9% 9.3% $39,013 8,737
132 Brodhead 19.9% 7.0% $35,333 1,423
133 Whitesburg 19.8% 13.5% $29,189 1,761
134 Pineville 19.8% 9.6% $24,547 2,064
135 Hawesville 19.8% 5.3% $50,000 1,188
136 Hartford 19.7% 9.8% $61,445 2,649
137 Henderson 19.4% 6.2% $48,186 27,852
138 Mayfield 19.3% 9.1% $40,965 9,868
139 Middlesborough 18.9% 6.8% $31,106 9,123
140 Prestonsburg 18.8% 7.5% $25,746 3,765
141 Grayson 18.7% 13.6% $27,542 3,778
142 Hillview 18.6% 4.0% $68,111 8,797
143 Stanford 18.4% 8.5% $49,337 3,643
144 Radcliff 18.3% 5.2% $58,559 22,864
145 Thruston 18.2% 9.2% $69,922 2,581
146 London 18.0% 9.0% $47,591 7,561
147 New Castle 17.8% 8.8% $43,203 1,052
148 Hardinsburg 17.6% 10.6% $55,795 2,327
149 Paintsville 17.6% 8.9% $28,257 4,203
150 Owingsville 17.4% 10.0% $40,053 1,621
151 Morganfield 17.4% 5.9% $65,829 3,185
152 Cadiz 17.4% 6.6% $44,152 2,677
153 Hebron Estates 17.3% 5.4% $54,861 1,276
154 West Van Lear 17.2% 4.9% $66,815 1,155
155 Fort Campbell North 16.9% 2.8% $58,933 11,356
156 Manchester 16.9% 8.0% $23,529 1,541
157 Shepherdsville 16.8% 5.2% $71,476 14,533
158 Princeton 16.7% 5.9% $47,411 6,241
159 Elkton 16.7% 5.1% $48,777 1,924
160 Wurtland 16.3% 3.6% $60,972 1,154
161 Auburn 16.2% 5.9% $53,897 1,794
162 Lewisport 16.1% 4.8% $55,873 2,057
163 Beaver Dam 16.1% 10.8% $53,944 3,524
164 Hickman 15.8% 1.8% $34,653 2,115
165 Flatwoods 15.8% 7.0% $59,972 7,269
166 Warsaw 15.7% 6.6% $60,769 2,072
167 Franklin 15.5% 7.6% $59,052 10,360
168 Cynthiana 15.4% 7.7% $54,647 6,458
169 Worthington 14.9% 5.7% $65,609 1,759
170 West Point 14.9% 2.8% $37,449 1,025
171 Springfield 14.9% 6.2% $48,750 2,899
172 West Liberty 14.8% 7.1% $48,235 3,295
173 Fulton 14.7% 5.5% $36,040 2,378
174 Crittenden 14.7% 4.9% $57,283 4,084
175 Westwood 14.7% 7.6% $73,511 4,473
176 Jenkins 14.5% 1.6% $27,200 1,406
177 Jeffersonville 14.5% 7.5% $56,250 1,651
178 Dry Ridge 14.5% 4.6% $55,995 2,441
179 Albany 14.4% 6.2% $44,007 1,896
180 Sturgis 14.4% 6.8% $36,780 1,864
181 Russellville 14.1% 4.6% $45,484 7,316
182 Greensburg 14.1% 6.8% $39,419 2,106
183 Shively 13.9% 2.9% $50,221 15,638
184 Hodgenville 13.9% 9.2% $57,739 3,389
185 Scottsville 13.8% 3.6% $35,562 4,427
186 Jackson 13.7% 7.7% $32,683 2,015
187 Marion 13.5% 3.5% $39,414 2,886
188 Monticello 13.3% 6.7% $44,952 5,753
189 Owenton 13.3% 6.7% $55,438 1,511
190 Lancaster 13.2% 9.3% $43,898 4,013
191 Eddyville 12.6% 4.7% $55,625 2,897
192 North Corbin 12.5% 1.8% $51,447 2,190
193 Leitchfield 12.4% 5.2% $44,347 6,819
194 Cumberland 12.3% 3.9% $35,410 2,037
195 Silver Grove 12.3% 6.4% $46,595 1,008
196 Mount Vernon 12.0% 3.6% $38,697 2,398
197 Campbellsburg 11.7% 1.6% $54,875 1,016
198 Lebanon 11.7% 5.4% $45,479 6,430
199 Providence 11.6% 2.1% $55,121 2,857
200 Earlington 11.5% 2.9% $38,194 1,084
201 Lebanon Junction 11.1% 3.8% $54,778 2,327
202 Guthrie 11.1% 2.6% $35,952 1,559
203 Taylorsville 11.1% 6.2% $43,259 1,496
204 Oak Grove 11.0% 2.9% $49,354 7,962
205 Tompkinsville 10.9% 4.0% $38,628 2,613
206 Clinton 10.9% 4.0% $34,464 1,165
207 Farley 10.9% 1.3% $47,292 4,458
208 Liberty 10.6% 2.1% $28,704 1,672
209 Munfordville 10.4% 4.6% $32,621 1,893
210 Annville 10.4% 9.0% $56,250 1,063
211 Salyersville 10.3% 5.0% $20,580 1,708
212 White Plains 10.0% 3.7% $35,625 1,021
213 Vanceburg 9.9% 5.6% $30,054 1,482
214 Cannonsburg 9.2% 5.6% $76,450 1,129
215 Sebree 9.0% 2.7% $58,707 1,825
216 Horse Cave 8.9% 4.2% $51,118 2,143
217 South Shore 8.8% 0.6% $29,340 1,642
218 Falmouth 8.7% 4.2% $34,756 2,449
219 Lewisburg 8.7% 1.5% $38,988 1,043
220 Eminence 8.3% 4.3% $41,734 2,724
221 Stanton 8.1% 4.0% $25,417 3,218
222 Jamestown 7.5% 2.1% $20,541 1,739
223 Ledbetter 7.2% 4.2% $59,899 1,785
224 Carlisle 7.0% 3.9% $49,201 2,214
225 Cave City 6.8% 3.1% $27,589 2,730
226 Muldraugh 6.7% 0.7% $60,508 1,127
227 Edmonton 6.6% 4.0% $51,272 2,330
228 Brownsville 6.4% 1.0% $35,481 1,068
229 Dawson Springs 6.3% 2.3% $32,838 1,951
230 Burkesville 5.9% 4.2% $34,444 1,454
231 Central City 5.7% 3.4% $50,885 5,707
232 Dixon 5.6% 3.5% $46,607 1,036
233 Cloverport 5.4% 1.8% $36,991 1,133
234 Morgantown 5.3% 2.3% $37,604 2,479
235 Catlettsburg 5.2% 2.8% $38,276 1,557
236 Clay City 5.0% 2.8% $23,816 1,204
237 Carrollton 4.6% 0.7% $45,871 3,915
238 Irvington 4.4% 1.4% $47,500 1,327
239 Beattyville 4.4% 1.6% $22,880 2,095
240 Brooks 3.9% 0.4% $66,056 2,069
241 Pleasureville 3.7% 1.9% $49,932 1,123
242 Pine Knot 1.9% 0.0% N/A 1,051
243 Breckinridge Center 1.0% 0.0% $64,152 1,467