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Highest median rent, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by median gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is $1,006. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Bellevue, KY, up 28 places to #18.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01▲1Oakbrook, KYKY10,211$1,665+150%

02▼1Union, KYKY7,937$1,657+42%

03Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,356$1,529+168%

04▲10Fort Knox, KYKY8,836$1,502+173%

05▲1Middletown, KYKY9,944$1,502+164%

06▲3Hebron, KYKY6,407$1,491–

07▲6Burlington, KYKY18,008$1,489+125%

08▼4Francisville, KYKY10,565$1,420–

09▲21Villa Hills, KYKY7,797$1,412+112%

10▲2St. Matthews, KYKY17,868$1,369+108%

11▼4Douglass Hills, KYKY5,575$1,353+104%

12▼4Elsmere, KYKY9,521$1,351+129%

13▼8Vine Grove, KYKY7,018$1,334+172%

14▲3Florence, KYKY34,018$1,329+137%

15Jeffersontown, KYKY29,193$1,320+116%

16▼5Hillview, KYKY9,020$1,316+108%

17▲14Walton, KYKY5,868$1,306+229%

18▲28Bellevue, KYKY5,847$1,265+150%

19▲1Georgetown, KYKY40,883$1,255+141%

20▼2Independence, KYKY30,198$1,250+113%

21▼5Lyndon, KYKY11,301$1,246+106%

22▲5Oak Grove, KYKY7,830$1,197+125%

23▲2Alexandria, KYKY10,994$1,195+125%

24▼5Cold Spring, KYKY6,640$1,191+82%

25▲1Crestwood, KYKY6,582$1,188+135%

26▼2Lexington, KYKY329,751$1,164+120%

27▲24Versailles, KYKY10,734$1,160+146%

28▲14Nicholasville, KYKY33,857$1,147+101%

29▼1Highland Heights, KYKY6,341$1,144+78%

30▼7La Grange, KYKY10,669$1,143+192%

31▼9Fort Wright, KYKY6,240$1,142+102%

32▼11Taylor Mill, KYKY7,144$1,139+63%

33▲4Dayton, KYKY5,974$1,137+134%

34▼5Fort Thomas, KYKY17,142$1,126+105%

35▼3Louisville, KYKY641,962$1,120–

36▲23Newport, KYKY13,998$1,087+146%

37▼27Edgewood, KYKY8,503$1,073+49%

38▲25Reidland, KYKY5,277$1,051+113%

39▼3Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,751$1,039+97%

40▼1Shelbyville, KYKY18,453$1,033+115%

41▼3Franklin, KYKY10,759$1,010+111%

42▲10Mount Washington, KYKY18,989$1,008+103%

43▲15Covington, KYKY41,847$1,006+123%

44▼4Bowling Green, KYKY78,505$998+106%

45▲2Bardstown, KYKY14,161$977+129%

46▼11Wilmore, KYKY6,380$975+147%

47▼4Radcliff, KYKY22,576$971+124%

48▼15Erlanger, KYKY20,158$970+81%

49▲8Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,329$954+87%

50▼5Frankfort, KYKY28,657$944+99%

51▼7Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931$943+93%

52▼18Flatwoods, KYKY7,439$940+127%

53▲8Richmond, KYKY40,663$917+117%

54▲10Winchester, KYKY19,514$916+99%

55▼7Elizabethtown, KYKY35,448$909+109%

56▼15Owensboro, KYKY60,892$905+123%

57▼1Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411$902+113%

58▼8Shively, KYKY15,895$899+112%

59▲11Ashland, KYKY20,996$872+119%

60▲7Murray, KYKY18,964$870+109%

61▼6Pikeville, KYKY7,270$862+144%

62▼8Glasgow, KYKY15,302$849+120%

63▼14Madisonville, KYKY19,428$838+125%

64▼11Berea, KYKY16,662$835+96%

65Paducah, KYKY26,730$834+116%

66▼4Paris, KYKY10,130$832+101%

67▲2London, KYKY7,637$815+120%

68▲3Morehead, KYKY6,776$800+99%

69▲13Williamsburg, KYKY5,371$793+146%

70▲7Harrodsburg, KYKY9,576$790+103%

71▲13Monticello, KYKY5,721$779+162%

72▼4Somerset, KYKY12,695$775+132%

73▼7Henderson, KYKY27,822$771+92%

74▲5Cynthiana, KYKY6,576$770+96%

75▼15Danville, KYKY17,736$762+91%

76▼4Princeton, KYKY6,168$762+120%

77▲4Russellville, KYKY7,454$738+81%

78▲2Corbin, KYKY7,911$733+123%

79▼3Lebanon, KYKY6,699$701+114%

80▼7Maysville, KYKY8,688$699+88%

81▲2Mount Sterling, KYKY7,586$699+84%

82▼7Campbellsville, KYKY11,783$685+103%

83▼9Central City, KYKY5,793$683+123%

84▼6Mayfield, KYKY9,851$644+91%

85Leitchfield, KYKY7,015$621+78%

86Middlesborough, KYKY8,776$598+85%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES