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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home in Kentucky

Total monthly cost of the county's own median home: mortgage at 20% down, property tax, insurance, electricity, water and a maintenance reserve. Home price dominates this ranking, which is why it maps closely to the coasts.

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Kentucky ranked

#County Monthly to ownMedian homeEffective rate
1 Oldham County $3,012$375,0000.921%
2 Spencer County $2,382$297,6000.712%
3 Shelby County $2,259$277,5000.810%
4 Fayette County $2,237$272,1000.891%
5 Woodford County $2,191$270,4000.741%
6 Scott County $2,132$264,2000.681%
7 Boone County $2,098$253,2000.898%
8 Jessamine County $2,012$245,1000.771%
9 Campbell County $1,991$234,5001.064%
10 Jefferson County $1,970$237,2000.853%
11 Warren County $1,967$242,6000.642%
12 Bullitt County $1,944$233,7000.853%
13 Kenton County $1,927$227,5001.004%
14 Nelson County $1,862$224,1000.795%
15 Madison County $1,827$220,7000.739%
16 Anderson County $1,782$213,2000.796%
17 Bourbon County $1,760$211,6000.739%
18 Hardin County $1,713$205,9000.705%
19 Boyle County $1,699$200,7000.853%
20 Franklin County $1,683$198,7000.841%
21 Clark County $1,659$197,9000.732%
22 Meade County $1,634$195,0000.711%
23 Simpson County $1,627$195,7000.637%
24 Mercer County $1,613$189,7000.819%
25 Daviess County $1,590$185,8000.858%
26 Trigg County $1,587$192,0000.555%
27 Harrison County $1,585$188,9000.679%
28 Garrard County $1,576$186,8000.719%
29 Grant County $1,567$185,5000.722%
30 Henry County $1,551$181,3000.821%
31 McCracken County $1,549$182,9000.734%
32 Calloway County $1,528$181,2000.671%
33 Lyon County $1,527$183,6000.553%
34 Larue County $1,495$177,5000.630%
35 Marshall County $1,480$173,7000.717%
36 Allen County $1,474$176,3000.551%
37 Trimble County $1,467$172,7000.680%
38 Gallatin County $1,461$169,4000.808%
39 Henderson County $1,444$165,7000.878%
40 Washington County $1,440$168,3000.716%
41 Barren County $1,431$166,9000.726%
42 Owen County $1,420$165,0000.746%
43 Montgomery County $1,412$163,8000.746%
44 Taylor County $1,407$163,7000.717%
45 Pendleton County $1,393$160,8000.775%
46 Marion County $1,369$158,7000.708%
47 Grayson County $1,360$160,1000.560%
48 Mason County $1,351$157,5000.634%
49 Pulaski County $1,344$156,3000.646%
50 Todd County $1,339$157,4000.553%
51 Rowan County $1,329$155,9000.553%
52 Logan County $1,306$151,5000.624%
53 Christian County $1,301$149,2000.714%
54 Russell County $1,278$148,2000.588%
55 McLean County $1,270$145,6000.676%
56 Laurel County $1,243$143,4000.589%
57 Powell County $1,235$142,4000.582%
58 Breckinridge County $1,231$141,4000.605%
59 Lincoln County $1,231$139,3000.732%
60 Greenup County $1,225$135,3000.941%
61 Graves County $1,221$139,0000.668%
62 Hancock County $1,212$137,6000.680%
63 Edmonson County $1,194$136,6000.582%
64 Adair County $1,192$134,8000.684%
65 Ballard County $1,192$132,9000.803%
66 Casey County $1,189$135,7000.597%
67 Carroll County $1,164$129,8000.757%
68 Hopkins County $1,163$128,8000.821%
69 Boyd County $1,161$126,3000.976%
70 Cumberland County $1,139$128,6000.611%
71 Hart County $1,125$124,6000.750%
72 Johnson County $1,119$125,3000.645%
73 Carter County $1,109$126,1000.493%
74 Robertson County $1,108$123,4000.671%
75 Muhlenberg County $1,095$121,3000.694%
76 Whitley County $1,086$120,6000.657%
77 Wayne County $1,086$121,7000.578%
78 Bracken County $1,083$116,4000.939%
79 Green County $1,072$118,9000.632%
80 Nicholas County $1,070$119,6000.568%
81 Monroe County $1,066$116,3000.767%
82 Rockcastle County $1,059$119,3000.481%
83 Fleming County $1,053$115,2000.715%
84 Livingston County $1,052$116,3000.629%
85 Crittenden County $1,042$115,7000.562%
86 Ohio County $1,030$113,4000.613%
87 Bath County $1,030$111,8000.731%
88 Clinton County $1,028$114,0000.550%
89 Estill County $1,027$111,9000.691%
90 Caldwell County $1,022$113,5000.523%
91 Union County $1,014$109,0000.787%
92 Knox County $1,011$109,2000.735%
93 Menifee County $1,006$111,5000.500%
94 Lawrence County $998$108,1000.678%
95 Morgan County $989$106,0000.757%
96 Carlisle County $988$104,7000.847%
97 Jackson County $986$107,0000.638%
98 Pike County $974$104,2000.727%
99 Butler County $969$105,5000.563%
100 Metcalfe County $965$103,1000.721%
101 Webster County $946$97,6000.985%
102 Elliott County $921$97,4000.689%
103 Floyd County $896$93,3000.747%
104 Hickman County $894$92,3000.819%
105 Perry County $875$90,7000.729%
106 Magoffin County $858$88,3000.728%
107 Clay County $847$87,3000.685%
108 Martin County $836$84,9000.774%
109 Lewis County $836$86,1000.648%
110 Lee County $820$82,1000.848%
111 Bell County $820$83,0000.743%
112 Owsley County $795$79,9000.703%
113 Fulton County $783$78,1000.720%
114 McCreary County $775$77,0000.734%
115 Harlan County $762$73,1000.988%
116 Knott County $757$74,6000.718%
117 Leslie County $753$74,1000.718%
118 Letcher County $740$70,5000.932%
119 Wolfe County $690$66,4000.589%
120 Breathitt County $670$61,8000.843%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

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