housing costs · Kentucky
Housing costs in Carter 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 | $740 | ± $65 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $701 | ± $78 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $708 | ± $96 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $599 | ± $93 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $132,800 | ± $16,490 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $126,100 | ± $12,486 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $122,300 | ± $13,273 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $106,500 | ± $11,530 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.5 % | ± 5.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.5 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.7 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.2 % | ± 8.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Carter County is $740, below 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.