Taylor County, Kentucky

County Distress Index: Elevated · 53.9 | 26,443 people · 68th most distressed in Kentucky

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Taylor County, KY registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 53.9 — 1296th 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 68th of 120 counties. Among its 5 neighboring counties, 3 show more distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Taylor County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 73.0 — above the national median.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 73.0
Poverty Rate 84
Income vs. State Median 62
Child Poverty Rate 73
Debt & Delinquency 67.0
Debt in Collections 66
Medical Debt 61
Student Loan Delinquency 34
Auto Loan Delinquency 80
Credit Card Delinquency 68
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 93
Community Vulnerability 47.0
Uninsured Rate 6
Disability Rate 88
Employment & Wages 45.1
Unemployment Rate 52
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 34
Business Formation Rate 49
Housing Cost Burden 37.5
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 28
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 33
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 12
Homeownership Rate 78
Rent-to-Income Ratio 36

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Taylor County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Taylor County
Taylor County, KY 53.9 Elevated
Casey County, KY 68.1 Serious +14.2
Adair County, KY 63.0 Elevated +9.1
Green County, KY 57.7 Elevated +3.8
Marion County, KY 48.5 Normal -5.4
Larue County, KY 46.8 Normal -7.1

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Taylor County
Jennings County, IN 53.9 Elevated -0.0
Hutchinson County, TX 53.9 Elevated -0.0
Lincoln County, KY 54.0 Elevated +0.0
Bandera County, TX 54.0 Elevated +0.0
Avery County, NC 54.0 Elevated +0.1

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