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Housing in Fincastle

A typical Fincastle home is worth roughly $264,000

Home prices around Fincastle have risen about 36% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$264K
▼ 0.3% in a year · KY $233K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,670
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,219
KY $1,544

What kind of housing town is Fincastle?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Fincastle households own their home

Half of Fincastle’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Kentucky: 68% own.

1977
typical home built · KY 1982
$2,219
median property tax bill · KY $1,544
0.84%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KY 0.75%

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

Price trend

Home prices up 36% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Fincastle rose 36% over the past 5 years, slower than across Kentucky (50%). Prices were about flat last year.

Fincastle areaKentucky
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
−0.3%
past year
+36%
past 5 years
+64%
past 10 years

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$357,000
Typical Fincastle home $264K

That covers a typical Fincastle home, with $93K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,570
Loan $1,310Tax $180Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670 a month here, $100 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fincastle’s typical property tax (0.84% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670

Renters already here pay a median of $2,583.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,270
1 bedroom$1,370
2 bedrooms$1,670
3 bedrooms$2,130
4 bedrooms$2,480
4%
of households rent · KY 32%
12
renter households
$2,583
median rent paid today · Census

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

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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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