Buckhorn, Kentucky
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 4.7% since 2020.
81
people, the 408th-largest of Kentucky's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kentucky's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
100.0%
of 71 jobs located in Buckhorn are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is $341 a month.
$341
a month. Kentucky's median is $967.
Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $484 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Perry County.
- $523 Tract 9706.02
- $1,007 Tract 9705.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$839–$1,259
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $341 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 100% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–2% to the 61 homes here.
0–1
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 74% less than Kentucky's.
$54,300
median home value in Buckhorn.
- $54,300 Buckhorn
- $205,600 Kentucky
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year