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Median Home Price in Paris, KY

The median home value in Paris, KY is $267,548 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.55% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$267,548

Year-over-Year

-2.55%

Population

10,057

Paris ranks #24 of 66 Kentucky cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 8.7% above the state's city median of $246,222. It sits in Bourbon County, where the county-wide median is $259,234.

Housing affordability in Paris

Median household income in Paris is $55,839, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Paris

Paris police recorded a violent crime rate of 129 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 805 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Paris

What is the average home price in Paris, KY?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Paris, that value is $267,548. That's down 2.55% from a year earlier. It is about 8.7% above the typical Kentucky city tracked here.

Is Paris expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Paris are more expensive than Bourbon County as a whole, where the median is $259,234 — a difference of about 3.2%.

Is Paris affordable?

Median household income here is $55,839, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Paris a safe place to live?

Paris police reported 129 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,057. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.