Monterey, Kentucky

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

110

people, the 402nd-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

Rent

Median rent is up 28% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$575

a month. Kentucky's median is $967.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $38.

A $38 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Owen County.

• $775 Tract 9702.02
• $813 Tract 9701

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 82% 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

Home value

A median home costs 51% less than Kentucky's.

$100,000

median home value in Monterey.

• $100,000 Monterey
• $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