RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Highest renter share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities with the highest share of renter-occupied housing units (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 42.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Princeton, KY, up 30 places to #26.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENTER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01▲1Fort Knox, KYKY8,836100.0%+1.4 pts

02▼1Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35698.5%−0.2 pts

03▲3Morehead, KYKY6,77667.0%+15.8 pts

04▲3Williamsburg, KYKY5,37164.1%+11.9 pts

05▼1Bowling Green, KYKY78,50563.4%+10.4 pts

06▼1Richmond, KYKY40,66361.7%−3.0 pts

07▼4Oak Grove, KYKY7,83060.4%+1.7 pts

08Pikeville, KYKY7,27059.2%+6.6 pts

09▲4Murray, KYKY18,96458.3%+6.5 pts

10▲1Lyndon, KYKY11,30155.8%+0.1 pts

11▲9Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41153.0%+11.0 pts

12▼3London, KYKY7,63752.8%+5.9 pts

13▼3Newport, KYKY13,99852.3%−3.5 pts

14▲3Cynthiana, KYKY6,57651.8%+3.5 pts

15Glasgow, KYKY15,30251.5%+8.5 pts

16▼4Campbellsville, KYKY11,78351.4%+9.7 pts

17▲2Frankfort, KYKY28,65751.2%+3.2 pts

18▼4Somerset, KYKY12,69551.1%+5.3 pts

19▲4Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44850.7%+9.6 pts

20▲1Leitchfield, KYKY7,01550.3%+6.1 pts

21▲4Radcliff, KYKY22,57649.6%+6.8 pts

22▲7Wilmore, KYKY6,38049.3%−3.1 pts

23▼7Covington, KYKY41,84748.2%−2.5 pts

24▼6Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58647.9%−0.9 pts

25▲17Maysville, KYKY8,68847.7%+5.5 pts

26▲30Princeton, KYKY6,16847.2%+15.2 pts

27▲8St. Matthews, KYKY17,86846.7%−2.6 pts

28▲3Corbin, KYKY7,91146.5%+4.3 pts

29▲7Lexington, KYKY329,75146.2%+1.5 pts

30▼2Monticello, KYKY5,72146.2%+5.7 pts

31▲1Henderson, KYKY27,82245.9%+3.2 pts

32▼8Paris, KYKY10,13045.9%+1.7 pts

33▼6Middlesborough, KYKY8,77645.4%+2.1 pts

34Franklin, KYKY10,75945.0%+10.6 pts

35▼13Paducah, KYKY26,73045.0%−2.1 pts

36▲7Shelbyville, KYKY18,45343.9%−5.5 pts

37Russellville, KYKY7,45443.7%+6.5 pts

38▼12Lebanon, KYKY6,69943.7%+6.9 pts

39▲5Danville, KYKY17,73643.6%+5.3 pts

40▲15Middletown, KYKY9,94442.9%+18.5 pts

41▲10Dayton, KYKY5,97442.9%+3.5 pts

42▲6Owensboro, KYKY60,89242.6%+2.8 pts

43▼5Florence, KYKY34,01842.5%−6.3 pts

44▲9Nicholasville, KYKY33,85741.8%+2.6 pts

45▼6Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75141.7%−5.3 pts

46▼6Berea, KYKY16,66241.3%−1.2 pts

47▲5Central City, KYKY5,79340.6%+14.2 pts

48▼7Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57640.3%+0.7 pts

49▼3Versailles, KYKY10,73440.1%−4.3 pts

50▼1Ashland, KYKY20,99639.6%+3.8 pts

51▼18Winchester, KYKY19,51439.5%−6.0 pts

52▲13Louisville, KYKY641,96239.3%–

53▼6Bardstown, KYKY14,16138.9%−1.5 pts

54▼4Shively, KYKY15,89538.2%+4.8 pts

55▼25Mayfield, KYKY9,85138.1%−1.8 pts

56▲1Georgetown, KYKY40,88337.7%−4.6 pts

57▼12Highland Heights, KYKY6,34137.5%+1.2 pts

58▼4Madisonville, KYKY19,42836.7%+2.2 pts

59▲10Erlanger, KYKY20,15830.7%−1.3 pts

60▼2Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32930.7%+2.7 pts

61▼1Bellevue, KYKY5,84729.9%−3.2 pts

62▲4Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19329.9%−0.3 pts

63▲4Vine Grove, KYKY7,01829.4%+6.1 pts

64▲4Fort Wright, KYKY6,24029.3%+1.1 pts

65▲5Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14228.8%−1.3 pts

66▼2Walton, KYKY5,86826.8%−5.6 pts

67▲5Burlington, KYKY18,00826.6%−1.8 pts

68▼9Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93125.8%−5.9 pts

69▼8Elsmere, KYKY9,52124.9%+3.5 pts

70▼8Flatwoods, KYKY7,43924.8%+0.5 pts

71Crestwood, KYKY6,58222.9%−21.0 pts

72▼9La Grange, KYKY10,66922.5%−8.3 pts

73▲2Hillview, KYKY9,02021.1%+7.6 pts

74Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57517.9%−13.4 pts

75▲7Union, KYKY7,93717.5%+12.7 pts

76▲2Reidland, KYKY5,27716.2%−1.7 pts

77Independence, KYKY30,19816.2%−7.0 pts

78▼5Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14415.8%−4.7 pts

79▲6Villa Hills, KYKY7,79715.6%+4.7 pts

80▼4Hebron, KYKY6,40715.5%–

81▼1Mount Washington, KYKY18,98913.9%−8.9 pts

82▼3Oakbrook, KYKY10,21112.8%−0.1 pts

83▲1Cold Spring, KYKY6,64010.9%+3.6 pts

84▼1Francisville, KYKY10,5659.8%–

85▼4Alexandria, KYKY10,9948.3%−6.9 pts

86Edgewood, KYKY8,5037.1%+0.8 pts

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