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

All 120 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Martin County | 69.9 |
| 2 | Clay County | 65.2 |
| 3 | Lee County | 64.5 |
| 4 | Powell County | 63.7 |
| 5 | Perry County | 59.8 |
| 6 | Wolfe County | 59 |
| 7 | Henry County | 57.7 |
| 8 | Casey County | 57 |
| 9 | Magoffin County | 57 |
| 10 | Leslie County | 55.3 |
| 11 | Bell County | 54.9 |
| 12 | Fulton County | 54.4 |
| 13 | Fleming County | 53.4 |
| 14 | Washington County | 52.2 |
| 15 | Clark County | 51.4 |
| 16 | Marshall County | 51.4 |
| 17 | Nelson County | 50.8 |
| 18 | Pulaski County | 50.1 |
| 19 | Breathitt County | 49.9 |
| 20 | Fayette County | 49.7 |
| 21 | Livingston County | 49.4 |
| 22 | Knott County | 49.3 |
| 23 | Campbell County | 49.1 |
| 24 | Hopkins County | 48.9 |
| 25 | Garrard County | 48.7 |
| 26 | Boyle County | 48.7 |
| 27 | Carter County | 48.7 |
| 28 | Woodford County | 48.6 |
| 29 | Harlan County | 48.3 |
| 30 | Menifee County | 48 |
| 31 | Letcher County | 48 |
| 32 | Adair County | 47.9 |
| 32 | Warren County | 47.9 |
| 34 | Boyd County | 47.8 |
| 35 | Pike County | 47.6 |
| 36 | Larue County | 47.5 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 47.2 |
| 38 | Trigg County | 46.7 |
| 39 | Rowan County | 46.6 |
| 40 | Knox County | 46.5 |
| 41 | McCreary County | 46.5 |
| 42 | Graves County | 46.4 |
| 43 | Whitley County | 46.2 |
| 44 | Barren County | 46 |
| 45 | Anderson County | 45.8 |
| 46 | Christian County | 45.6 |
| 47 | Lawrence County | 45.5 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 45.3 |
| 49 | Taylor County | 45.2 |
| 50 | Bullitt County | 45.1 |
| 51 | Spencer County | 45 |
| 52 | Madison County | 44.7 |
| 53 | Jackson County | 44.6 |
| 54 | Elliott County | 44.5 |
| 55 | Simpson County | 44.5 |
| 56 | Rockcastle County | 44.4 |
| 57 | Owsley County | 44.3 |
| 58 | Kenton County | 43.8 |
| 59 | Metcalfe County | 43.8 |
| 60 | Estill County | 43.8 |
| 61 | Henderson County | 43.7 |
| 62 | Russell County | 43.7 |
| 63 | Greenup County | 43.6 |
| 64 | Franklin County | 43.6 |
| 65 | McCracken County | 43.6 |
| 66 | Floyd County | 43.5 |
| 67 | Oldham County | 43.3 |
| 68 | Breckinridge County | 42.7 |
| 69 | Johnson County | 42.5 |
| 70 | Allen County | 42.1 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 42 |
| 72 | Lincoln County | 41.9 |
| 73 | Daviess County | 41.8 |
| 74 | Owen County | 41.6 |
| 75 | Mason County | 41.6 |
| 75 | Nicholas County | 41.6 |
| 77 | Scott County | 41.4 |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 41.1 |
| 79 | Calloway County | 41.1 |
| 80 | Bracken County | 41 |
| 81 | Laurel County | 40.8 |
| 82 | Jessamine County | 40.7 |
| 83 | Marion County | 40.3 |
| 84 | Boone County | 40.3 |
| 85 | Monroe County | 40.1 |
| 86 | McLean County | 40.1 |
| 87 | Muhlenberg County | 39.7 |
| 88 | Wayne County | 39.6 |
| 89 | Shelby County | 39.4 |
| 90 | Carlisle County | 39.3 |
| 91 | Meade County | 38.8 |
| 92 | Todd County | 38.8 |
| 93 | Logan County | 37.7 |
| 94 | Pendleton County | 37.5 |
| 95 | Green County | 37.4 |
| 96 | Gallatin County | 37.3 |
| 97 | Butler County | 37.2 |
| 98 | Mercer County | 36.9 |
| 99 | Bourbon County | 36.8 |
| 100 | Cumberland County | 36.7 |
| 101 | Hardin County | 36.6 |
| 102 | Lyon County | 36.2 |
| 103 | Hancock County | 36.2 |
| 104 | Hart County | 35.5 |
| 105 | Grant County | 35.2 |
| 106 | Ballard County | 34.9 |
| 107 | Morgan County | 34.2 |
| 108 | Grayson County | 33.8 |
| 109 | Union County | 33.6 |
| 110 | Carroll County | 33.6 |
| 111 | Ohio County | 32 |
| 112 | Bath County | 31.4 |
| 113 | Trimble County | 28.5 |
| 114 | Montgomery County | 28.2 |
| 115 | Edmonson County | 27.7 |
| 116 | Lewis County | 27.5 |
| 117 | Hickman County | 24 |
| 118 | Crittenden County | 20.2 |
| 119 | Webster County | 19.7 |
| 120 | Robertson County | 13.6 |