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The median home value in Carter County, KY is $161,661 as of 2026-07-31, down 6.23% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$161,661
Year-over-Year
-6.23%
National Rank
#2443 of 3071
Carter County ranks 72nd out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is -31.0% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Carter County -10.4% below the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $51,235 a year against a typical home value of $161,661 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.2×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 32% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Carter County recorded a violent crime rate of 225 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,557 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 5,332 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Carter County is $161,661. That's down 6.23% from a year earlier. That is about 31.0% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Carter County the 72nd most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $51,235, so a typical home costs about 3.2× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Carter County recorded 225 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,332 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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