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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Kentucky (2026)

Knott has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Kentucky, at $301, 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 P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Kentucky

Top 25 of 120 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Kentucky
RankCountyValue
1Knott$301
2Letcher$351
3Leslie$374
4Harlan$379
5Fulton$410
6Floyd$430
7Breathitt$449
8Bell$470
9Perry$475
10Pike$489
11McCreary$501
12Martin$506
13Jackson$536
14Lewis$567
15Lee$582
16Estill$587
17Clay$588
18Crittenden$594
19Hickman$622
20Menifee$639
21Muhlenberg$641
22Ballard$652
23Boyd$654
24Knox$660
25Morgan$665

How this ranking works

This page ranks Kentucky counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment 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 monthly payment (piti).

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