Cost of living in Simpsonville, Kentucky
Simple answer
Typical rent is $945 a month.
Simpsonville is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $91,188 a year.
- People
- 3,062
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $945
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $91,188
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $270,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,149
- Shelby County, KY HUD Metro FMR Area
Simpsonville, Kentucky has about 3,062 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $270,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Shelby County is $1,149 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Simpsonville. 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 Simpsonville'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 Simpsonville bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Simpsonville'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, 80 have higher typical rent than Simpsonville.
Nearby places
- Shelbyville
Typical rent $1,033
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- Middletown
Typical rent $1,502
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- Anchorage
Typical rent $1,578
Compare with Simpsonville - Douglass Hills
Typical rent $1,353
Compare with Simpsonville - Crestwood
Typical rent $1,188
- Worthington Hills
Typical rent $1,766
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.