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Cost of living in Dawson Springs, Kentucky

Simple answer

Typical rent is $538 a month.

Dawson Springs is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $32,838 a year.

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People
1,951
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$538
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$32,838
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$70,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$959
Hopkins County, KY

Dawson Springs, Kentucky has about 1,951 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $70,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Hopkins County is $959 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Dawson Springs. 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 Dawson Springs'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 Dawson Springs bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Dawson Springs'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, 203 have higher typical rent than Dawson Springs.

Nearby places

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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.

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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.