housing costs · Kentucky
Housing costs in Shelby 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 | $1,033 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $998 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $939 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $867 | ± $33 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $304,800 | ± $14,525 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $277,500 | ± $12,380 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $247,500 | ± $9,792 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $212,500 | ± $11,658 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.9 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.3 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.6 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.3 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Shelby County is $1,033, 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.