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Cost of living in Carrollton, Kentucky

Carrollton, Kentucky has about 3,915 people. Typical rent is $918 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $45,871 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $918 a month.

Carrollton is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $45,871 a year.

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People
3,915
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$918
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$45,871
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$113,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,072
Carroll County, KY

Carrollton, Kentucky has about 3,915 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $113,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Carroll County is $1,072 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Carrollton. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Kentucky's prices sit at 90.2 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Kentucky taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Carrollton'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 Carrollton bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Carrollton'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, 88 have higher typical rent than Carrollton.

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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.