Cost of living in Anchorage, Kentucky
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,578 a month.
Anchorage is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $199,375 a year.
- People
- 2,506
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,578
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $199,375
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $854,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,276
- Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Anchorage, Kentucky has about 2,506 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $854,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $1,276 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Anchorage. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, prices sit at 93.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Kentucky taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Anchorage's exact store tax.
Some places in Kentucky add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.93% of income. That is not a Anchorage bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Anchorage's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kentucky in the table we use.
Among 216 places we list in Kentucky with a rent figure, 13 have higher typical rent than Anchorage.
Nearby places
- Middletown
Typical rent $1,502
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Typical rent $1,353
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Typical rent $1,246
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Typical rent $1,766
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Typical rent $2,313
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Typical rent $1,644
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Typical rent $1,817
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EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Kentucky
Bigger places in Kentucky
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.