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Most affordable housing, Kentucky cities

Name: Most affordable housing, Kentucky cities, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Kentucky cities with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 84 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 84 is 3.2. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Mayfield, KY, up 32 places to #13.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲2Flatwoods, KYKY7,4391.9+15%

02▼1Princeton, KYKY6,1682.0−6%

03▼1Hebron, KYKY6,4072.2–

04▲19Reidland, KYKY5,2772.3+17%

05▲1Burlington, KYKY18,0082.3+23%

06▲11Ashland, KYKY20,9962.4+20%

07Dayton, KYKY5,9742.5+64%

08▲20Francisville, KYKY10,5652.5–

09▲4Independence, KYKY30,1982.6+44%

10▼1Edgewood, KYKY8,5032.6+40%

11▲4Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1442.7+20%

12▼1Hillview, KYKY9,0202.7+113%

13▲32Mayfield, KYKY9,8512.7+17%

14▲2Oakbrook, KYKY10,2112.8+35%

15▼10Erlanger, KYKY20,1582.8+44%

16▼6Alexandria, KYKY10,9942.8+47%

17▲4Mount Washington, KYKY18,9892.8+60%

18▲2Central City, KYKY5,7932.8+31%

19▼11Elsmere, KYKY9,5212.8+51%

20▲29Radcliff, KYKY22,5762.9+13%

21▼17Bellevue, KYKY5,8472.9+74%

22▲16Monticello, KYKY5,7212.9+16%

23▲6Florence, KYKY34,0183.0+34%

24▲16Williamsburg, KYKY5,3713.0−16%

25▼11Union, KYKY7,9373.0+46%

26▲26Oak Grove, KYKY7,8303.0−16%

27▲21Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3293.0+62%

28▲19Madisonville, KYKY19,4283.0+52%

29▲2Covington, KYKY41,8473.1+56%

30▲6Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1933.1+63%

31▲8Shively, KYKY15,8953.1+61%

32▼14Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9313.1+40%

33▲10Crestwood, KYKY6,5823.1+22%

34▼8Fort Wright, KYKY6,2403.1+37%

35▲25Cynthiana, KYKY6,5763.2+23%

36▲5Owensboro, KYKY60,8923.2+52%

37▲16Highland Heights, KYKY6,3413.2+53%

38▼8Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5763.2+36%

39▼7La Grange, KYKY10,6693.2+34%

40▼16Wilmore, KYKY6,3803.2+5%

41▲5Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1423.2+48%

42▼17Middlesborough, KYKY8,7763.2+12%

43▼21Vine Grove, KYKY7,0183.2+70%

44▲14Corbin, KYKY7,9113.3+30%

45▲21Lebanon, KYKY6,6993.3+24%

46▼11Franklin, KYKY10,7593.3+50%

47▼5Nicholasville, KYKY33,8573.3+57%

48▲9Paducah, KYKY26,7303.3+54%

49▼12Georgetown, KYKY40,8833.3+20%

50▲13Campbellsville, KYKY11,7833.3+58%

51▲4Henderson, KYKY27,8223.3+53%

52▲10Paris, KYKY10,1303.3+32%

53▼2Berea, KYKY16,6623.4+50%

54▲14Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5863.4+32%

55▼36Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.4+78%

56▼44Walton, KYKY5,8683.4+44%

57▼24Cold Spring, KYKY6,6403.4+62%

58▼14Shelbyville, KYKY18,4533.4+18%

59▼25Frankfort, KYKY28,6573.5+46%

60▼1Winchester, KYKY19,5143.5+49%

61▼5Louisville, KYKY641,9623.5–

62▼8Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4113.5+74%

63▲18Newport, KYKY13,9983.6+79%

64▲1London, KYKY7,6373.6+37%

65▼1Leitchfield, KYKY7,0153.6+39%

66▼16Russellville, KYKY7,4543.7+57%

67▲8Maysville, KYKY8,6883.9+70%

68▲2Danville, KYKY17,7363.9+57%

69▼42Bardstown, KYKY14,1614.0+85%

70▼3Glasgow, KYKY15,3024.0+68%

71▲2Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4484.0+62%

72▼11Middletown, KYKY9,9444.1+83%

73▲4St. Matthews, KYKY17,8684.1+87%

74▲4Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7514.1+59%

75▲5Somerset, KYKY12,6954.1+76%

76▼4Lyndon, KYKY11,3014.2+109%

77▼8Lexington, KYKY329,7514.2–

78▼2Richmond, KYKY40,6634.2+25%

79▼8Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5754.4+87%

80▲2Murray, KYKY18,9644.4+36%

81▼7Versailles, KYKY10,7344.6+103%

82▼3Bowling Green, KYKY78,5054.9+73%

83Morehead, KYKY6,7765.0+40%

84Pikeville, KYKY7,2706.6+42%

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