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Cost of living in Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,164 a month.

Lexington-Fayette urban county is a urban county in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $69,479 a year.

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People
323,725
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,164
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$69,479
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$293,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,416
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA

Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky has about 323,725 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $293,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Fayette County is $1,416 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lexington-Fayette urban county. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area, prices sit at 92.9 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 Lexington-Fayette urban county'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 Lexington-Fayette urban county bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lexington-Fayette urban county'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, 46 have higher typical rent than Lexington-Fayette urban county.

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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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