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State data • Updated March 2026

Kentucky rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Kentucky cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Kentucky at a glance

$1,352Median city rent (ZORI)
4.2%Unemployment
1,233Permits / month
12Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Kentucky cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Prospect $2,249 +4.8%
Independence $2,104 +5.5%
La Grange $2,096
Ludlow $1,999
Versailles $1,913
Alexandria $1,664
Elsmere $1,663
Dayton $1,661 +7.1%
Florence $1,606 +3.2%
Shepherdsville $1,602 +6.9%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Bowling Green $1,287 +0.9%
Owensboro $1,300 +5.8%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Kentucky cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Kentucky

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