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SheetKY-HURSTBOURNE-ACRES-KY · Hurstbourne Acres, KY 1,984 pop · income 47th 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 Hurstbourne Acres
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hurstbourne Acres on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Beattyville · lowest
23,750
Beattyville · lowest
23,750 median HH income
9.5% of the leader · rank #1
Hurstbourne A… · this city
68,229
Hurstbourne A… · this city
68,229 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #2
Cuba · near
68,229
Cuba · near
68,229 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #3
Newark Valley · near
68,229
Newark Valley · near
68,229 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #4
Canyon · near
68,233
Canyon · near
68,233 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #5
Victoria · near
68,233
Victoria · near
68,233 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #6
Dunthorpe · highest
250,001
Dunthorpe · highest
250,001 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hurstbourne Acres on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 1,984.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hurstbourne Acres - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Hurstbourne Acres lands in the 47th percentile for household income and the 45th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
47th
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
10th
percentile, median rent
45th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Hurstbourne Acres, KY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,984 residents in Hurstbourne Acres, a small town within Kentucky. Hurstbourne Acres households earn a median of $68,229 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.0%. Typical homes in Hurstbourne Acres are valued around $292,900, and the median resident age is 29.1 years. Educational attainment runs 62.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Hurstbourne Acres reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1548.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Kentucky at 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $984 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Kentucky's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Hurstbourne Acres'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 housing and income to work and mobility to population change to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hurstbourne Acres, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Hurstbourne Acres?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Hurstbourne Acres?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Is Hurstbourne Acres growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +45 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hurstbourne Acres?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Kentucky, the closest population matches are Owingsville (1,977 residents, $40,150 income); Dawson Springs (1,973 residents, $31,607 income); Albany (1,972 residents, $40,301 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are East Pepperell, MA (1,984 residents); Dunthorpe, OR (1,984 residents); Stowell, TX (1,984 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Hurstbourne Acres?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1548.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 32% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1548.0
Violent rate
0.0
Property rate
1548.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 4.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
B+
City profile score · Hurstbourne Acres, KY
77/100
5 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.
Violent crime A+
0 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
62.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Poverty rate B
4.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$68,229
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Hurstbourne Acres profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 97/100 (A+) · 0 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 62.3%
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 4.0%
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,229
Where Hurstbourne Acres sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hurstbourne Acres's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Hurstbourne Acres highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Hurstbourne Acres, KY (this city): home $292,900, crime 1,548/100k
Owingsville, KY : home $92,700, crime 501/100k
Dawson Springs, KY : home $73,500, crime 748/100k
Albany, KY : home $102,500, crime 347/100k
Whitesburg, KY : home $111,300, crime 370/100k
Beattyville, KY : home $106,800, crime 187/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Hurstbourne Acres compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hurstbourne Acres stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income47% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
Safety45% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Kentucky and the picture shifts: Hurstbourne Acres ranks #142 of 181 Kentucky cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hurstbourne Acres 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 Hurstbourne Acres near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hurstbourne Acres ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hurstbourne Acres only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#170 of 485
65th percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Home Value
#66 of 484
86th percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#387 of 519
25th percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#38 of 520
93rd 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
47th percentile nationally for median household income · 45th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hurstbourne Acres's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hurstbourne Acres's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Hurstbourne Acres's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$292,90036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,502 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,870 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Hurstbourne Acres sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,502 of 15,516 and #8,870 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$68,229Hurstbourne Acres, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hurstbourne Acres, 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 Hurstbourne Acres, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)62.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,984
Median Income
$68,229
Median Home Value
$292,900
Median Age
29.1
Poverty Rate
4.0%
Labor force participation
67.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
62.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1548.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
0.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1548.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hurstbourne Acres's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,958 residents
2021
1,951 residents
2022
1,953 residents
2023
1,971 residents
2024
1,996 residents
2025
2,003 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.1%
Carpool
4.9%
Public Transit
4.5%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
15.2%
Other
1.9%
Based on 1,052 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 Hurstbourne Acres. 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 Hurstbourne Acres 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 Hurstbourne Acres sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hurstbourne Acres 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, FBI UCR, 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.