U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Kentucky counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 120 Kentucky counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in Kentucky
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Lee County2112955.0%
2Henry County2110354.2%
3Powell County2119752.4%
4Clay County2105152.0%
5Wolfe County2123749.9%
6Clark County2104947.6%
7Casey County2104547.5%
8Fayette County2106747.0%
9Campbell County2103745.9%
10Boyle County2102145.7%
11Warren County2122744.6%
12Jefferson County2111144.2%
13Marshall County2115743.9%
14Pulaski County2119943.4%
15Nelson County2117943.3%
16Fulton County2107543.0%
17Perry County2119342.8%
18Washington County2122942.8%
19Anderson County2100542.6%
20Bell County2101342.5%
21Christian County2104742.0%
22Rowan County2120541.9%
23Madison County2115141.6%
24Hopkins County2110741.5%
25Garrard County2107941.4%
26McCracken County2114541.4%
27Woodford County2123941.4%
28Boyd County2101941.2%
29Barren County2100941.1%
30Spencer County2121541.0%
31Bullitt County2102940.8%
32Henderson County2110140.8%
33Kenton County2111740.8%
34Franklin County2107340.6%
35Magoffin County2115340.5%
36Adair County2100140.0%
37Oldham County2118539.3%
38Simpson County2121339.2%
39Graves County2108339.0%
40Whitley County2123539.0%
41Larue County2112338.6%
42Mason County2116138.5%
43Scott County2120938.2%
44Trigg County2122138.2%
45Russell County2120738.1%
46Clinton County2105338.0%
47Harrison County2109737.8%
48Taylor County2121737.7%
49Jessamine County2111337.5%
50Boone County2101537.4%
51Calloway County2103537.0%
52Carter County2104337.0%
53Daviess County2105936.9%
54Metcalfe County2116936.9%
55Caldwell County2103336.7%
56Allen County2100335.9%
57Greenup County2108935.8%
58Harlan County2109535.7%
59Marion County2115535.7%
60Fleming County2106935.1%
61Gallatin County2107735.1%
62Shelby County2121134.8%
63Hardin County2109334.6%
64Lincoln County2113734.5%
65McCreary County2114734.3%
66Knox County2112134.1%
67Estill County2106533.9%
68Mercer County2116733.8%
69Grant County2108133.3%
70Muhlenberg County2117733.3%
71Jackson County2110933.2%
72Laurel County2112533.1%
73Owsley County2118933.1%
74Pike County2119532.9%
75Bracken County2102332.7%
76Logan County2114132.6%
77Martin County2115932.6%
78Rockcastle County2120332.6%
79Lawrence County2112732.5%
80Meade County2116332.4%
81Floyd County2107132.3%
82Bourbon County2101732.2%
83Breckinridge County2102731.6%
84Nicholas County2118131.6%
85Johnson County2111531.5%
86Wayne County2123131.5%
87Carlisle County2103931.4%
88Hart County2109931.0%
89McLean County2114930.9%
90Carroll County2104130.5%
91Breathitt County2102530.3%
92Lyon County2114330.1%
93Menifee County2116529.9%
94Hancock County2109129.7%
95Knott County2111929.7%
96Pendleton County2119129.7%
97Union County2122529.6%
98Owen County2118729.5%
99Livingston County2113929.4%
100Butler County2103129.2%
101Green County2108729.2%
102Elliott County2106328.9%
103Monroe County2117128.8%
104Morgan County2117528.3%
105Todd County2121927.0%
106Ballard County2100726.8%
107Grayson County2108526.8%
108Cumberland County2105725.8%
109Ohio County2118325.8%
110Trimble County2122325.7%
111Letcher County2113324.7%
112Edmonson County2106124.1%
113Montgomery County2117323.6%
114Leslie County2113122.2%
115Bath County2101121.9%
116Hickman County2110518.0%
117Lewis County2113516.8%
118Crittenden County2105515.9%
119Webster County2123315.6%
120Robertson County212019.6%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Kentucky bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Kentucky county map and full table.