A typical Powderly home is worth roughly $99,000
No new homes were permitted in 2022.
What kind of housing town is Powderly?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2 years of income
Less than across Kentucky (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Powderly home, with $115K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $350 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Powderly’s typical property tax (0.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900
Renters already here pay a median of $754, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Muhlenberg County, KY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2022
No permits for new homes were issued in Powderly in 2022. The last year with any was 2020 (4 new homes).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Powderly's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2022, so the 2022 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
82% of Powderly households own their home
Half of Powderly’s homes were built before 1974.
Kentucky: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Powderly vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Powderly. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powderly | $99K* | — | $900 | — | $50,662 |
| Greenville | $145K | −8.1% | $890 | 0 | $46,054 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Powderly buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.