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Towns where rent is easiest to afford in Kentucky

Ranked by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. 46 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Map of Fort Knox 1 Fort Knox 22.7% Median rent $1,502 Map of Mount Sterling 2 Mount Sterling 25.7% Median rent $699 3 Radcliff 34.2% Median rent $971
#TownRenters paying 30%+Median rentRenter households
1 Map of Fort Knox Fort Knox8,836 people 22.7% $1,502 2,169
2 Map of Mount Sterling Mount Sterling7,551 people 25.7% $699 1,283
3 Radcliff22,864 people 34.2% $971 4,579
4 Jeffersontown29,199 people 35.8% $1,320 3,609
5 Paris10,160 people 37.5% $832 1,772
6 Independence Independence29,392 people 38.2% $1,250 1,436
7 Fort Mitchell Fort Mitchell8,713 people 38.5% $1,039 1,436
8 Monticello Monticello5,753 people 38.6% $779 1,001
9 Map of St. Matthews St. Matthews17,577 people 39% $1,369 3,856
10 Shelbyville Shelbyville17,668 people 39.5% $1,033 2,706
11 Erlanger Erlanger19,875 people 39.9% $970 2,348
12 Elizabethtown Elizabethtown32,576 people 40.6% $909 6,732
13 Florence32,803 people 40.7% $1,329 5,715
14 Corbin8,246 people 40.7% $733 1,378
15 Georgetown39,117 people 40.9% $1,255 5,420
16 Campbellsville11,622 people 41.4% $685 2,237
17 Maysville Maysville8,737 people 43.3% $699 1,821
18 Owensboro Owensboro60,302 people 43.6% $905 9,780
19 Franklin10,360 people 43.7% $1,010 1,615
20 Map of Nicholasville Nicholasville32,197 people 43.9% $1,147 4,711
21 Richmond Richmond37,111 people 44.2% $917 9,072
22 Henderson27,852 people 44.5% $771 5,407
23 Hopkinsville Hopkinsville30,906 people 44.7% $902 6,189
24 Map of Berea Berea15,786 people 45% $835 1,959
25 Map of Murray Murray18,080 people 45.1% $870 3,738
26 Map of Cynthiana Cynthiana6,458 people 45.2% $770 1,232
27 Map of Newport Newport13,967 people 45.3% $1,087 3,489
28 Paducah26,845 people 45.6% $834 5,054
29 Map of Frankfort Frankfort28,503 people 46.5% $944 6,327
30 Versailles10,492 people 46.7% $1,160 1,659
31 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government783,022 people 47.2% $1,149 117,783
32 Ashland Ashland21,295 people 47.8% $872 3,291
33 Danville17,327 people 48.7% $762 2,940
34 Covington Covington41,110 people 49.2% $1,006 8,180
35 Shively15,638 people 49.6% $899 2,489
36 Fort Campbell North11,356 people 49.6% $1,529 2,514
37 Lexington-Fayette urban county323,725 people 49.7% $1,164 61,041
38 Bowling Green Bowling Green75,388 people 50.4% $998 18,427
39 Madisonville19,515 people 51.3% $838 2,817
40 Map of Lyndon Lyndon11,030 people 52.2% $1,246 3,134
41 Bardstown Bardstown13,804 people 52.7% $977 1,979
42 Pikeville7,490 people 52.7% $862 1,493
43 Somerset Somerset12,216 people 54.3% $775 2,338
44 Map of Winchester Winchester19,213 people 54.6% $916 3,219
45 Map of Glasgow Glasgow15,197 people 55.1% $849 3,055
46 Shepherdsville14,533 people 61.3% $943 1,327

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. Lower is better. Only towns with 1,000+ renter households are ranked, because smaller samples are too uncertain. The town with the lowest figure ranks #1. For comparison, the figure for Kentucky as a whole is 45.4%.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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