Cost of living in Morgantown, Kentucky
Morgantown, Kentucky has about 2,479 people. Typical rent is $628 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $37,604 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $628 a month.
Morgantown is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $37,604 a year.
- People
- 2,479
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $628
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $37,604
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $114,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $909
- Butler County, KY HUD Metro FMR Area
Morgantown, Kentucky has about 2,479 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $114,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Butler County is $909 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Morgantown. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Bowling Green, KY metro area, prices sit at 90.2 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 Morgantown'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 Morgantown bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Morgantown'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, 184 have higher typical rent than Morgantown.
Nearby places
- Beaver Dam
Typical rent $696
Compare with Morgantown - Hartford
Typical rent $543
Compare with Morgantown - Bowling Green
Typical rent $998
Compare with Morgantown - Central City
Typical rent $683
Compare with Morgantown - Auburn
Typical rent $776
Compare with Morgantown - Greenville
Typical rent $602
Compare with Morgantown - Plano
- Russellville
Typical rent $738
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
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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.