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Cost of living in Thruston, Kentucky

Simple answer

Typical rent is $810 a month.

Thruston is a Census community, not a separate city government in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $69,922 a year.

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People
2,581
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$810
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$69,922
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$187,700
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,138
Owensboro, KY MSA

Thruston, Kentucky has about 2,581 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $187,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Daviess County is $1,138 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Thruston. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Owensboro, KY metro area, prices sit at 88.6 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 Thruston'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 Thruston bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Thruston'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, 123 have higher typical rent than Thruston.

Nearby places

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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.