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

Somerset, KY had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 42 cities in 2023, at 57.8%. Mount Washington, KY had the lowest, at 32%. The median was 45.7% and the figure for Kentucky was 44.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest57.8Somerset, KY
Lowest32Mount Washington, KY
Median45.742 cities
Kentucky44.8History

All cities, 2023

Somerset, KY: 57.8 %Somerset, KY57.8Glasgow, KY: 56.1 %Glasgow, KY56.1Shepherdsville, KY: 56 %Shepherdsville, KY56Lawrenceburg, KY: 55.6 %Lawrenceburg, KY55.6Shively, KY: 55.6 %Shively, KY55.6Murray, KY: 52.4 %Murray, KY52.4La Grange, KY: 50.3 %La Grange, KY50.3Lexington, KY: 49.7 %Lexington, KY49.7Covington, KY: 49.5 %Covington, KY49.5Paris, KY: 48.2 %Paris, KY48.2Bowling Green, KY: 48.1 %Bowling Green, KY48.1Bardstown, KY: 48 %Bardstown, KY48Hopkinsville, KY: 47.5 %Hopkinsville, KY47.5Winchester, KY: 47.5 %Winchester, KY47.5Lyndon, KY: 47.5 %Lyndon, KY47.5Henderson, KY: 47.4 %Henderson, KY47.4Newport, KY: 47.3 %Newport, KY47.3Ashland, KY: 47.2 %Ashland, KY47.2Louisville, KY: 46.4 %Louisville, KY46.4Versailles, KY: 46 %Versailles, KY46Frankfort, KY: 46 %Frankfort, KY46Nicholasville, KY: 45.5 %Nicholasville, KY45.5Berea, KY: 45.2 %Berea, KY45.2Owensboro, KY: 44.8 %Owensboro, KY44.8Franklin, KY: 44.8 %Franklin, KY44.8Paducah, KY: 44.7 %Paducah, KY44.7Richmond, KY: 43.4 %Richmond, KY43.4Florence, KY: 43.4 %Florence, KY43.4Madisonville, KY: 42.3 %Madisonville, KY42.3Danville, KY: 42.3 %Danville, KY42.3Fort Thomas, KY: 41.1 %Fort Thomas, KY41.1St. Matthews, KY: 40.1 %St. Matthews, KY40.1Elizabethtown, KY: 40 %Elizabethtown, KY40Georgetown, KY: 38.9 %Georgetown, KY38.9Erlanger, KY: 38.1 %Erlanger, KY38.1Campbellsville, KY: 37.8 %Campbellsville, KY37.8Shelbyville, KY: 37.4 %Shelbyville, KY37.4Alexandria, KY: 37.1 %Alexandria, KY37.1Independence, KY: 35.7 %Independence, KY35.7Radcliff, KY: 34 %Radcliff, KY34Jeffersontown, KY: 32.7 %Jeffersontown, KY32.7Mount Washington, KY: 32 %Mount Washington, KY32Somerset, KY: 57.8 %Somerset, KY57.8Glasgow, KY: 56.1 %Glasgow, KY56.1Shepherdsville, KY: 56 %Shepherdsville, KY56Lawrenceburg, KY: 55.6 %Lawrenceburg, KY55.6Shively, KY: 55.6 %Shively, KY55.6Murray, KY: 52.4 %Murray, KY52.4La Grange, KY: 50.3 %La Grange, KY50.3Lexington, KY: 49.7 %Lexington, KY49.7Covington, KY: 49.5 %Covington, KY49.5Paris, KY: 48.2 %Paris, KY48.2Bowling Green, KY: 48.1 %Bowling Green, KY48.1Bardstown, KY: 48 %Bardstown, KY48Hopkinsville, KY: 47.5 %Hopkinsville, KY47.5Winchester, KY: 47.5 %Winchester, KY47.5Lyndon, KY: 47.5 %Lyndon, KY47.5Henderson, KY: 47.4 %Henderson, KY47.4Newport, KY: 47.3 %Newport, KY47.3Ashland, KY: 47.2 %Ashland, KY47.2Louisville, KY: 46.4 %Louisville, KY46.4Versailles, KY: 46 %Versailles, KY46Frankfort, KY: 46 %Frankfort, KY46Nicholasville, KY: 45.5 %Nicholasville, KY45.5Berea, KY: 45.2 %Berea, KY45.2Owensboro, KY: 44.8 %Owensboro, KY44.8Franklin, KY: 44.8 %Franklin, KY44.8Paducah, KY: 44.7 %Paducah, KY44.7Richmond, KY: 43.4 %Richmond, KY43.4Florence, KY: 43.4 %Florence, KY43.4Madisonville, KY: 42.3 %Madisonville, KY42.3Danville, KY: 42.3 %Danville, KY42.3Fort Thomas, KY: 41.1 %Fort Thomas, KY41.1St. Matthews, KY: 40.1 %St. Matthews, KY40.1Elizabethtown, KY: 40 %Elizabethtown, KY40Georgetown, KY: 38.9 %Georgetown, KY38.9Erlanger, KY: 38.1 %Erlanger, KY38.1Campbellsville, KY: 37.8 %Campbellsville, KY37.8Shelbyville, KY: 37.4 %Shelbyville, KY37.4Alexandria, KY: 37.1 %Alexandria, KY37.1Independence, KY: 35.7 %Independence, KY35.7Radcliff, KY: 34 %Radcliff, KY34Jeffersontown, KY: 32.7 %Jeffersontown, KY32.7Mount Washington, KY: 32 %Mount Washington, KY32
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Somerset, KY57.8+1.9 pts
2Glasgow, KY56.1+1.6 pts
3Shepherdsville, KY56+7.1 pts
4Lawrenceburg, KY55.6-1.4 pts
4Shively, KY55.6+3.9 pts
6Murray, KY52.4+3.6 pts
7La Grange, KY50.3+4.9 pts
8Lexington, KY49.7+0.5 pts
9Covington, KY49.5-0.2 pts
10Paris, KY48.2-2.5 pts
11Bowling Green, KY48.1+0.6 pts
12Bardstown, KY48+1.3 pts
13Hopkinsville, KY47.5+0.7 pts
13Winchester, KY47.5-1.1 pts
15Lyndon, KY47.5+3.2 pts
16Henderson, KY47.4-1.3 pts
17Newport, KY47.3-9 pts
18Ashland, KY47.2+1.5 pts
19Louisville, KY46.4+0.8 pts
20Versailles, KY46-4.5 pts
21Frankfort, KY46+2.7 pts
22Nicholasville, KY45.5-2.4 pts
23Berea, KY45.2+3.1 pts
24Owensboro, KY44.8+0.1 pts
25Franklin, KY44.8-2.5 pts
26Paducah, KY44.7-2 pts
27Richmond, KY43.4-4 pts
28Florence, KY43.4+1.3 pts
29Madisonville, KY42.3+2.4 pts
30Danville, KY42.3-5.3 pts
31Fort Thomas, KY41.1-6.3 pts
32St. Matthews, KY40.1+1.9 pts
33Elizabethtown, KY40+2.1 pts
34Georgetown, KY38.9+0.9 pts
35Erlanger, KY38.1-1.3 pts
36Campbellsville, KY37.8+3.6 pts
37Shelbyville, KY37.4-2.5 pts
38Alexandria, KY37.1-18.3 pts
39Independence, KY35.7-0 pts
40Radcliff, KY34-2.3 pts
41Jeffersontown, KY32.7-1.5 pts
42Mount Washington, KY32-5.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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) (Cities in Kentucky by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat

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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), Cities in Kentucky by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/kentucky-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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). Cities in Kentucky by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/kentucky-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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), Cities in Kentucky by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/kentucky-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Somerset, KY, with 57.8% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Mount Washington, KY, with 32% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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