Housing in West Van Lear

A typical West Van Lear home is worth roughly $135,000

Typical home value

$135K

KY $233K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$920

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,162

KY $1,544

What kind of housing town is West Van Lear?

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

Your money goes further42% below the Kentucky typical home.A town of owners92% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$262,000

Typical West Van Lear home $135K

That covers a typical West Van Lear home, with $127K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$810

Loan $670Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $110 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Van Lear$131K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, West Van Lear’s typical property tax (0.86% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

92% of West Van Lear households own their home

Half of West Van Lear’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters

Own 92%Rent 8%

Kentucky: 68% own.

1980

typical home built · KY 1982

$1,162

median property tax bill · KY $1,544

0.86%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · KY 0.75%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650

1 bedroom$730

2 bedrooms$920

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,330

of households rent · KY 32%

renter households

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KY 45%

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

West Van Lear vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with West Van Lear. Tap one to see its housing page.

West Van Lear$135K Van Lear$131K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
West Van Lear	$135K*	—	$920	$66,815
Van Lear	$131K	−7.8%	$870	$35,347

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.

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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. 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.