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Cost of Living in Kentucky

6 metro areas · Data year: 2024

90.2
Overall
96.0
Goods
75.3
Services
64.3
Rents

Metro Areas in Kentucky

Metro Overall
Bowling Green, KY 90.2
Elizabethtown, KY 90.6
Lexington-Fayette, KY 92.9
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 93.1
Owensboro, KY 88.6
Paducah, KY-IL 86.1

RPP History

Year Overall
2008 89.8
2009 88.5
2010 90.4
2011 90.5
2012 90.7
2013 90.9
2014 91.1
2015 90.7
2016 90.7
2017 90.0
2018 89.1
2019 89.6
2020 89.1
2021 89.2
2022 89.4
2023 89.9
2024 90.2

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities. Index where national average = 100.