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Cost of living in Henderson, Kentucky

Henderson, Kentucky has about 27,852 people. Typical rent is $771 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $48,186 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.

Ranked #40 in Kentucky on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $771 a month.

Henderson is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $48,186 a year.

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People
27,852
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$771
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$48,186
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$160,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$909
Henderson County, KY

Henderson, Kentucky has about 27,852 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $160,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Henderson County is $909 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Henderson. 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 Henderson'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 Henderson bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Henderson'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, 135 have higher typical rent than Henderson.

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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.