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Cost of living in Paducah, Kentucky

Simple answer

Typical rent is $834 a month.

Paducah is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $49,915 a year.

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People
26,845
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$834
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$49,915
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$165,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,131
McCracken County, KY HUD Metro FMR Area

Paducah, Kentucky has about 26,845 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $165,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in McCracken County is $1,131 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Paducah. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Paducah, KY-IL metro area, prices sit at 86.1 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 Paducah'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 Paducah bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Paducah'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, 116 have higher typical rent than Paducah.

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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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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.