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The median home value in Letcher County, KY is $65,584 as of 2026-07-31, down 19.41% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$65,584
Year-over-Year
-19.41%
National Rank
#3060 of 3071
Letcher County ranks 119th out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is -72.0% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Letcher County -63.7% below the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $41,793 a year against a typical home value of $65,584 — a price-to-income ratio of 1.6×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That makes it one of the most affordable counties in the country relative to local wages. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Letcher County is $65,584. That's down 19.41% from a year earlier. That is about 72.0% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Letcher County the 119th most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $41,793, so a typical home costs about 1.6× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
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