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Cost of living in Northfield, Kentucky

Northfield, Kentucky has about 1,250 people. Typical rent is $1,659 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $111,250 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.

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Typical rent is $1,659 a month.

Northfield is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $111,250 a year.

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People
1,250
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,659
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$111,250
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$513,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,276
Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Northfield, Kentucky has about 1,250 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $513,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $1,276 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Northfield. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, prices sit at 93.1 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 Northfield'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 Northfield bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Northfield's bill.

EIA does not publish a Kentucky gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Kentucky shares this price.

Among 216 places we list in Kentucky with a rent figure, 9 have higher typical rent than Northfield.

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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.