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The median home value in Shelby County, KY is $329,483 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.63% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$329,483
Year-over-Year
-0.63%
National Rank
#761 of 3071
Shelby County ranks 7th out of 120 counties in KY by median home price, and is +40.6% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KY, the typical county has a median home value of $180,497, making Shelby County +82.5% above the KY state median.
Households here earn a median of $82,604 a year against a typical home value of $329,483 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.0×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 62% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Shelby County recorded a violent crime rate of 142 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,373 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 21,055 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Shelby County is $329,483. That's down 0.63% from a year earlier. That is about 40.6% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Shelby County the 7th most expensive of 120 counties in Kentucky.
Median household income here is $82,604, so a typical home costs about 4.0× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Shelby County recorded 142 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 21,055 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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