# Cities in Kentucky by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 42 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Shepherdsville, KY | 61.3 |
| 2 | Glasgow, KY | 55.1 |
| 3 | Winchester, KY | 54.6 |
| 4 | Somerset, KY | 54.3 |
| 5 | Bardstown, KY | 52.7 |
| 6 | Lyndon, KY | 52.2 |
| 7 | Madisonville, KY | 51.3 |
| 8 | Bowling Green, KY | 50.4 |
| 9 | Lexington, KY | 49.7 |
| 10 | Shively, KY | 49.6 |
| 11 | Covington, KY | 49.2 |
| 12 | Danville, KY | 48.7 |
| 13 | Ashland, KY | 47.8 |
| 14 | Louisville, KY | 47.8 |
| 15 | Versailles, KY | 46.7 |
| 16 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 46.5 |
| 17 | Frankfort, KY | 46.5 |
| 18 | Paducah, KY | 45.7 |
| 19 | Newport, KY | 45.3 |
| 20 | Murray, KY | 45.1 |
| 21 | Berea, KY | 45 |
| 22 | Hopkinsville, KY | 44.7 |
| 23 | Henderson, KY | 44.5 |
| 24 | La Grange, KY | 44.4 |
| 25 | Richmond, KY | 44.2 |
| 26 | Nicholasville, KY | 43.9 |
| 27 | Franklin, KY | 43.7 |
| 28 | Owensboro, KY | 43.6 |
| 29 | Fort Thomas, KY | 43 |
| 30 | Campbellsville, KY | 41.4 |
| 31 | Georgetown, KY | 40.9 |
| 32 | Florence, KY | 40.7 |
| 33 | Elizabethtown, KY | 40.6 |
| 34 | Erlanger, KY | 39.9 |
| 35 | Shelbyville, KY | 39.5 |
| 36 | St. Matthews, KY | 39 |
| 37 | Independence, KY | 38.2 |
| 38 | Paris, KY | 37.5 |
| 39 | Jeffersontown, KY | 35.8 |
| 40 | Radcliff, KY | 34.2 |
| 41 | Alexandria, KY | 31 |
| 42 | Mount Washington, KY | 29.5 |