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SheetKY-CERULEAN-KY · Cerulean, KY 409 pop · income 53rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cerulean
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cerulean on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Martin · lowest
22,569
Martin · lowest
22,569 median HH income
15.0% of the leader · rank #1
Mexico · near
72,772
Mexico · near
72,772 median HH income
48.2% of the leader · rank #2
Cerulean · this city
72,778
Cerulean · this city
72,778 median HH income
48.2% of the leader · rank #3
Bauxite · near
72,778
Bauxite · near
72,778 median HH income
48.2% of the leader · rank #4
North Fort Le… · near
72,778
North Fort Le… · near
72,778 median HH income
48.2% of the leader · rank #5
Bryson · near
72,781
Bryson · near
72,781 median HH income
48.2% of the leader · rank #6
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938
Glenview Hills · highest
150,938 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cerulean on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 409.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cerulean lands in the 53rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
53rd
percentile, household income
10th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cerulean, KY
Kentucky's Cerulean is a small town, with 409 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Cerulean report a median income of $72,778 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 26.5%. The median resident age is 48.8 years. Educational attainment runs 11.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: the state registers 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $984 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Kentucky, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 44.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cerulean's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cerulean, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Cerulean?
Within Kentucky, the closest population matches are Kingsley (407 residents, $120,893 income); Glenview Hills (406 residents, $150,938 income); Martin (412 residents, $22,569 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dutton, AL (409 residents); Wheatfields, AZ (409 residents); Turrell, AR (409 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Cerulean?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 26.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
D
City profile score · Cerulean, KY
40/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
90.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income C-
$72,778
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
26.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cerulean profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,778
Bachelor's+ share: 9/100 (F) · 11.0%
Poverty rate: 4/100 (F) · 26.5%
How does Cerulean compare to other US cities?
Cerulean measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income53% higher than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cerulean against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kentucky only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kentucky-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cerulean near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cerulean ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cerulean only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#150 of 485
69th percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#87 of 519
83rd percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#371 of 520
29th percentile in Kentucky
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kentucky only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
53rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$72,778Cerulean, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cerulean, KY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cerulean, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)26.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
409
Median Income
$72,778
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
48.8
Poverty Rate
26.5%
Labor force participation
54.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
58.9%
Carpool
16.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.2%
Work from Home
20.1%
Based on 214 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Kentucky statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kentucky at $225 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Kentucky statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cerulean. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kentucky's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cerulean is $984/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kentucky statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 44.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kentucky statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cerulean sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cerulean compares to similar-size Kentucky cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.