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Lowest median rent, Kentucky cities · 2020

Kentucky cities with the lowest median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Middlesborough, KYKY8,776$548+69%

02Leitchfield, KYKY7,015$555+59%

03Monticello, KYKY5,721$565+90%

04Mount Sterling, KYKY7,586$566+49%

05Williamsburg, KYKY5,371$568+76%

06Russellville, KYKY7,454$573+40%

07Corbin, KYKY7,911$579+77%

08Cynthiana, KYKY6,576$582+48%

09Mayfield, KYKY9,851$588+74%

10Harrodsburg, KYKY9,576$607+56%

11Lebanon, KYKY6,699$615+88%

12Campbellsville, KYKY11,783$622+84%

13Central City, KYKY5,793$631+106%

14Maysville, KYKY8,688$640+73%

15Princeton, KYKY6,168$648+87%

16Morehead, KYKY6,776$656+63%

17Ashland, KYKY20,996$659+65%

18London, KYKY7,637$661+79%

19Somerset, KYKY12,695$670+101%

20Murray, KYKY18,964$674+62%

21Henderson, KYKY27,822$687+71%

22Paducah, KYKY26,730$695+80%

23Winchester, KYKY19,514$699+52%

24Reidland, KYKY5,277$703+43%

25Paris, KYKY10,130$705+71%

26Richmond, KYKY40,663$713+69%

27Danville, KYKY17,736$715+79%

28Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,329$722+41%

29Covington, KYKY41,847$722+60%

30Newport, KYKY13,998$722+63%

31Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411$729+72%

32Pikeville, KYKY7,270$732+107%

33Glasgow, KYKY15,302$736+91%

34Berea, KYKY16,662$739+74%

35Mount Washington, KYKY18,989$748+51%

36Versailles, KYKY10,734$752+60%

37Shively, KYKY15,895$756+78%

38Madisonville, KYKY19,428$764+105%

39Elizabethtown, KYKY35,448$765+76%

40Bardstown, KYKY14,161$770+81%

41Bellevue, KYKY5,847$772+53%

42Frankfort, KYKY28,657$779+64%

43Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931$784+61%

44Radcliff, KYKY22,576$790+82%

45Nicholasville, KYKY33,857$801+40%

46Owensboro, KYKY60,892$812+100%

47Bowling Green, KYKY78,505$815+68%

48Shelbyville, KYKY18,453$818+70%

49Franklin, KYKY10,759$822+72%

50Dayton, KYKY5,974$824+70%

51Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,751$825+56%

52Wilmore, KYKY6,380$832+111%

53Flatwoods, KYKY7,439$861+107%

54Erlanger, KYKY20,158$874+63%

55Louisville, KYKY641,962$878–

56Walton, KYKY5,868$882+122%

57Villa Hills, KYKY7,797$884+33%

58Fort Thomas, KYKY17,142$892+62%

59Oak Grove, KYKY7,830$912+71%

60Highland Heights, KYKY6,341$912+42%

61Crestwood, KYKY6,582$914+81%

62Alexandria, KYKY10,994$918+73%

63Lexington, KYKY329,751$920+74%

64La Grange, KYKY10,669$930+137%

65Fort Wright, KYKY6,240$937+66%

66Georgetown, KYKY40,883$940+80%

67Taylor Mill, KYKY7,144$940+35%

68Cold Spring, KYKY6,640$945+45%

69Independence, KYKY30,198$949+62%

70Florence, KYKY34,018$979+75%

71Lyndon, KYKY11,301$995+64%

72Jeffersontown, KYKY29,193$1,015+66%

73Fort Knox, KYKY8,836$1,046+90%

74Burlington, KYKY18,008$1,069+61%

75St. Matthews, KYKY17,868$1,090+65%

76Hillview, KYKY9,020$1,115+76%

77Edgewood, KYKY8,503$1,116+55%

78Hebron, KYKY6,407$1,131–

79Elsmere, KYKY9,521$1,138+93%

80Douglass Hills, KYKY5,575$1,151+74%

81Middletown, KYKY9,944$1,161+104%

82Vine Grove, KYKY7,018$1,193+143%

83Francisville, KYKY10,565$1,225–

84Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,356$1,233+116%

85Oakbrook, KYKY10,211$1,307+97%

86Union, KYKY7,937$1,774+52%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES