Casey County, Kentucky

County Distress Index: Serious · 68.1 | 15,918 people · 12th most distressed in Kentucky

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Casey County, KY shows significant household financial distress with a score of 68.1 — 304th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Kentucky, it ranks 12th of 120 counties. It scores higher than all 7 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Casey County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 89.6 — worse than roughly 90% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 89.6
Poverty Rate 89
Income vs. State Median 94
Child Poverty Rate 86
Debt & Delinquency 75.7
Debt in Collections 66
Medical Debt 68
Student Loan Delinquency 63
Auto Loan Delinquency 83
Credit Card Delinquency 90
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 83
Community Vulnerability 71.4
Uninsured Rate 74
Disability Rate 68
Housing Cost Burden 52.7
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 79
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 45
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 38
Homeownership Rate 26
Rent-to-Income Ratio 75
Employment & Wages 51.4
Unemployment Rate 52
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 42
Business Formation Rate 60

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Casey County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Casey County
Casey County, KY 68.1 Serious
Adair County, KY 63.0 Elevated -5.1
Russell County, KY 60.8 Elevated -7.3
Pulaski County, KY 57.4 Elevated -10.8
Lincoln County, KY 54.0 Elevated -14.2
Taylor County, KY 53.9 Elevated -14.2
Boyle County, KY 48.8 Normal -19.4
Marion County, KY 48.5 Normal -19.6

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Casey County
Caddo County, OK 68.1 Serious -0.0
Colquitt County, GA 68.1 Serious -0.0
Polk County, GA 68.2 Serious +0.0
Poinsett County, AR 68.1 Serious -0.1
Adams County, MS 68.0 Serious -0.1

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