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The median home value in Laurel County, KY is $184,267 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.93% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$184,267
Year-over-Year
-2.93%
National Rank
#2134 of 3071
Laurel County ranks 56th out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is -21.4% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Laurel County +2.1% above the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $57,771 a year against a typical home value of $184,267 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.2×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 33% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Laurel County recorded a violent crime rate of 145 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,605 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 7,602 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Laurel County is $184,267. That's down 2.93% from a year earlier. That is about 21.4% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Laurel County the 56th most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $57,771, so a typical home costs about 3.2× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Laurel County recorded 145 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,602 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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