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Northern Kentucky By The Numbers


May-June 2014, Volume 6, Issue 3

In this issue...

Employer contributions to vacation time, retirement plans, and savings stagnate as health insurance costs rose 20.5% over the past decade

by Justin M. Duncan

The increase in health insurance costs over the decade accounted for 92 percent of the total change of all cost types, leaving 8 percent of the overall increase in costs split among other components of compensation such as wages, vacation pay, savings, or pension plans. 

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The Housing Price Index comes to the NKY By The Numbers companion website

As of June 27, the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Housing Price Index (HPI) is published on NKY By The Numbers. The HPI provides a measure of the price movement in single-family homes. The HPI is weighted and incorporates repeat sales (multiple sales transactions or refinancing on the same properties). You can access the US HPI from 1975-present or the Cincinnati HPI from 1977-present by clicking below.

HPI Page

Northern Kentucky Real Estate Snapshot, April 2014

Data compiled by Ronda Schweitzer, Licensed Realtor, Ken Perry Realty
Data source: NKY Board of Realtors, MLS Database

Northern Kentucky Real Estate Snapshot, May 2014

Data compiled by Ronda Schweitzer, Licensed Realtor, Ken Perry Realty
Data source: NKY Board of Realtors, MLS Database

May year-over-year unemployment rates show Kentucky farther away from pre-recession levels than than the Cincinnati MSA, Ohio, or the U.S. 

by Tristan Wolfe

As of May 2014, the U.S. had an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent. Ohio and the Cincinnati MSA had unemployment rates lower than the nation, at 5.3 and 5.1 percent respectively. Kentucky’s unemployment rate exceeded the nation by 1.4 percent, with a rate of 7.5 percent. 

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