Sign inJoin
Housing in Burgin

A typical Burgin home is worth roughly $193,000

Home prices around Burgin have risen about 58% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$193K
▲ 1% in a year · KY $233K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,332
KY $1,544

What kind of housing town is Burgin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

Less than across Kentucky (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$313,000
Typical Burgin home $193K

That covers a typical Burgin home, with $120K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,120
Loan $960Tax $110Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $210 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Burgin’s typical property tax (0.69% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 58% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Burgin rose 58% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kentucky (50%). Last year prices rose 1%.

Burgin areaKentucky
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+1%
past year
+58%
past 5 years
+94%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Burgin, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $910

Renters already here pay a median of $971.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,510
14%
of households rent · KY 32%
50
renter households
$971
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Boyle County, KY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

1 of Burgin’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Burgin’s homes were built before 1966.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Kentucky: 68% own.

1966
typical home built · KY 1982
$1,332
median property tax bill · KY $1,544
0.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KY 0.75%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Burgin

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Neighbors talk housing

What Burgin buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Is Burgin still affordable for young families?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start the conversation

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

Post to Burgin

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in