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Housing costs in Barren County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $796 | ± $36 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $784 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $745 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $712 | ± $34 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $178,000 | ± $7,848 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $166,900 | ± $7,500 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $156,800 | ± $6,334 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $135,100 | ± $6,694 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.6 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.8 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.5 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.6 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Barren County is $796, above the Kentucky median of $773 across 120 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.