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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in Kentucky (2026)

Knott has the lowest home prices of any county in Kentucky, at $60,617, followed by Letcher and Leslie (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in Kentucky

Top 25 of 120 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Kentucky
RankCountyValue
1Knott$60,617
2Letcher$70,591
3Leslie$75,200
4Harlan$76,215
5Fulton$82,614
6Floyd$86,585
7Breathitt$90,417
8Bell$94,661
9Perry$95,560
10Pike$98,430
11McCreary$100,751
12Martin$101,871
13Jackson$107,956
14Lewis$114,056
15Lee$117,128
16Estill$118,193
17Clay$118,422
18Crittenden$119,466
19Hickman$125,214
20Menifee$128,561
21Muhlenberg$128,972
22Ballard$131,214
23Boyd$131,660
24Knox$132,875
25Morgan$133,768

How this ranking works

This page ranks Kentucky counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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