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Place dossier plate
SheetKY-LA-GRANGE-KY · La Grange, KY 10,188 pop · income 68th pct · 15 tracts
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 La Grange
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Grange on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mayfield · lowest
41,458
Mayfield · lowest
41,458 median HH income
16.6% of the leader · rank #1
Diamondhead · near
86,208
Diamondhead · near
86,208 median HH income
34.5% of the leader · rank #2
Media · near
86,219
Media · near
86,219 median HH income
34.5% of the leader · rank #3
Burbank · near
86,221
Burbank · near
86,221 median HH income
34.5% of the leader · rank #4
La Grange · this city
86,222
La Grange · this city
86,222 median HH income
34.5% of the leader · rank #5
Nelsonia · near
86,228
Nelsonia · near
86,228 median HH income
34.5% of the leader · rank #6
Difficult Run · highest
250,001
Difficult Run · 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 La Grange 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: 10,188.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
La Grange - the verdict
Nationally, La Grange sits in the 68th percentile for household income and the 65th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
68th
percentile, household income
59th
percentile, home value
10th
percentile, median rent
65th
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: La Grange, KY
La Grange is a small town in Kentucky, home to 10,188 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in La Grange brings in $86,222 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Typical homes in La Grange are valued around $268,000, and the median resident age is 36.0 years. Educational attainment runs 38.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
La Grange reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 977.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. 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 La Grange'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 housing and income to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility to population change to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Grange, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for La Grange?
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 Franklin (10,254 residents, $55,552 income); Paris (10,107 residents, $49,464 income); Francisville (10,313 residents, $146,280 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hermantown, MN (10,192 residents); Alpena, MI (10,178 residents); Baker City, OR (10,177 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.
How far does income reach against housing in La Grange?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for La Grange?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 38.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What can 15 Census tracts reveal inside La Grange?
PlainCities matches 15 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
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 La Grange?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 977.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 57% 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
977.5
Violent rate
66.4
Property rate
911.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in La Grange?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.4%. 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
78.4%
Work from home
8.4%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,292 workers age 16+.
Is La Grange growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +581 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.8% 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.
2020 estimate
10,088
2025 estimate
10,669
Period change
+5.8%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
B
City profile score · La Grange, KY
73/100
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.
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.
Violent crime B+
66 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$86,222
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
La Grange profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Violent crime: 79/100 (B+) · 66 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.9%
Household income: 66/100 (B-) · $86,222
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
Where La Grange sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
La Grange'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 - La Grange highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
La Grange, KY (this city): home $268,000, crime 978/100k
Hermantown, MN : home $374,000, crime 2,638/100k
Alpena, MI : home $110,400, crime 1,504/100k
Snohomish, WA : home $599,600, crime 1,773/100k
Rolesville, NC : home $467,400, crime 471/100k
Franklin, KY : home $170,400, crime 1,023/100k
Paris, KY : home $182,100, crime 935/100k
Versailles, KY : home $257,600, crime 826/100k
Alexandria, KY : home $253,400, crime 779/100k
Mayfield, KY : home $114,400, crime 2,088/100k
How does La Grange compare to other US cities?
Here's how La Grange stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income68% higher than other cities
Home value59% pricier than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
Safety65% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Kentucky, La Grange ranks #109 of 181 Kentucky cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares La Grange 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 La Grange near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Grange ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Grange only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#108 of 485
78th percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Home Value
#84 of 484
83rd percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#366 of 519
29th percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#112 of 520
78th 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
68th percentile nationally for median household income · 65th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
La Grange's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
La Grange'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 La Grange's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$268,00041st percentilemore affordable than 41% 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
La Grange's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,224 of 15,516
More affordable than 53% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,057 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, La Grange sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,224 of 15,516 and #1,057 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$86,222La Grange, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Grange, 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 La Grange, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
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
10,188
Median Income
$86,222
Median Home Value
$268,000
Median Age
36.0
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
67.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
977.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
66.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
911.1
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.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
La Grange's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,088 residents
2021
10,260 residents
2022
10,337 residents
2023
10,463 residents
2024
10,578 residents
2025
10,669 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.4%
Carpool
12.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
8.4%
Based on 5,292 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 La Grange. 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 La Grange 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 La Grange sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Grange 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, NCES CCD, 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.