Cost of living in Russellville, Kentucky

Russellville, Kentucky has about 7,316 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $168,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Logan County is $913 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Russellville. 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 Russellville'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 Russellville bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Russellville'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, 150 have higher typical rent than Russellville.