Cost of living in Owenton, Kentucky
Owenton, Kentucky has about 1,511 people. Typical rent is $726 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $55,438 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 $726 a month.
Owenton is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $55,438 a year.
- People
- 1,511
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $726
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $55,438
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $137,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,022
- Owen County, KY
Owenton, Kentucky has about 1,511 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $137,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Owen County is $1,022 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Owenton. 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 Owenton'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 Owenton bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Owenton'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, 154 have higher typical rent than Owenton.
Nearby places
- Williamstown
Typical rent $721
Compare with Owenton - Dry Ridge
Typical rent $811
Compare with Owenton - Warsaw
Typical rent $757
Compare with Owenton - Vevay
Typical rent $709
Compare with Owenton - Pleasureville
Typical rent $1,598
Compare with Owenton - Carrollton
Typical rent $918
Compare with Owenton - Verona
- Crittenden
Typical rent $934
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.