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The median home value in Hopkins County, KY is $144,960 as of 2026-07-31, down 9.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$144,960
Year-over-Year
-9.55%
National Rank
#2624 of 3071
Hopkins County ranks 86th out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is -38.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Hopkins County -19.7% below the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $56,815 a year against a typical home value of $144,960 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.6×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 14% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Hopkins County recorded a violent crime rate of 89 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 597 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 21,432 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Hopkins County is $144,960. That's down 9.55% from a year earlier. That is about 38.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Hopkins County the 86th most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $56,815, so a typical home costs about 2.6× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Hopkins County recorded 89 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 21,432 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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