| City | Population | Rank | Population 18-34 Rank | Nightlife Rank | Music Venues Rank | Active Life Rank | Arts & Entertainment Rank | Fast Food Rank | Non-Fast Food Restautant Rank | Population Density Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Newport | 15,273 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 6.25 |
| Bowling Green | 58,067 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 10.88 |
| Covington | 40,640 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 11.5 |
| Louisville | 597,337 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 15 |
| Berea | 13,561 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 15.75 |
| Lexington | 295,803 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 16.63 |
| Owensboro | 57,265 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 16.63 |
| Frankfort | 25,527 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 33 | 16.75 |
| Nicholasville | 28,015 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 16.88 |
| Paducah | 25,024 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 17 |
| Murray | 17,741 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 17.25 |
| Henderson | 28,757 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 17.25 |
| Bardstown | 11,700 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 17.38 |
| Elizabethtown | 28,531 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 17.63 |
| Fort Knox | 10,124 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Winchester | 18,368 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 17.75 |
| Glasgow | 14,028 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 18 |
| Florence | 29,951 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 38 | 18 |
| Danville | 16,218 | 19 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 18.13 |
| Burlington | 15,926 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 33 | 26 | 18.63 |
| Lawrenceburg | 10,505 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 19 |
| Shively | 15,264 | 23 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19.13 |
| Fort Thomas | 16,325 | 21 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 19 |
| Richmond | 31,364 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 19.38 |
| Erlanger | 18,082 | 25 | 10 | 32 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 20.25 |
| Lyndon | 11,002 | 26 | 9 | 35 | 14 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 20.5 |
| Middlesborough | 10,334 | 27 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 21.13 |
| Shelbyville | 14,045 | 28 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 22 |
| Georgetown | 29,098 | 28 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 36 | 29 | 22 |
| Mayfield | 10,024 | 30 | 17 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 22.5 |
| St. Matthews | 17,472 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 22.63 |
| Madisonville | 19,591 | 33 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 22.88 |
| Independence | 24,757 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 22.75 |
| Somerset | 11,196 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 15 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| Jeffersontown | 26,595 | 35 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 23.25 |
| Fort Campbell North | 13,685 | 36 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 24.38 |
| Shepherdsville | 11,222 | 37 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 24.5 |
| Radcliff | 21,688 | 38 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 32 | 24.63 |
| Hopkinsville | 31,577 | 39 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 35 | 25 |
| Ashland | 21,684 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 25 | 26.75 |