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The median home value in Bourbon County, KY is $259,234 as of 2026-07-31, down 3.31% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$259,234
Year-over-Year
-3.31%
National Rank
#1276 of 3071
Bourbon County ranks 19th out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is +10.6% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Bourbon County +43.6% above the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,354 a year against a typical home value of $259,234 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.2×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 69% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Bourbon County recorded a violent crime rate of 129 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 805 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 10,057 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Bourbon County is $259,234. That's down 3.31% from a year earlier. That is about 10.6% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Bourbon County the 19th most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $61,354, so a typical home costs about 4.2× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Bourbon County recorded 129 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 10,057 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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