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The median home value in Boyd County, KY is $138,845 as of 2026-07-31, down 4.88% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$138,845
Year-over-Year
-4.88%
National Rank
#2693 of 3071
Boyd County ranks 92nd out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is -40.8% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Boyd County -23.1% below the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $61,118 a year against a typical home value of $138,845 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.3×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 9% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Boyd County recorded a violent crime rate of 185 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,371 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 22,737 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Boyd County is $138,845. That's down 4.88% from a year earlier. That is about 40.8% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Boyd County the 92nd most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $61,118, so a typical home costs about 2.3× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Boyd County recorded 185 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 22,737 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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