Cost of living in Irvine, Kentucky
Simple answer
Typical rent is $710 a month.
Irvine is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $42,805 a year.
- People
- 2,723
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $710
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $42,805
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $139,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $909
- Estill County, KY
Irvine, Kentucky has about 2,723 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $139,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Estill County is $909 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Irvine. 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 Irvine'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 Irvine bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Irvine'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, 158 have higher typical rent than Irvine.
Nearby places
- Clay City
Typical rent $666
Compare with Irvine - Stanton
Typical rent $775
Compare with Irvine - Beattyville
Typical rent $433
Compare with Irvine - Richmond
Typical rent $917
Compare with Irvine - Berea
Typical rent $835
Compare with Irvine - Jeffersonville
Typical rent $792
Compare with Irvine - Winchester
Typical rent $916
- Mount Sterling
Typical rent $699
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.