Mount Washington, Kentucky
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 4.8% since 2020.
18,989
people, the 22nd-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
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
82.8%
of 3,044 jobs located in Mount Washington are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 62% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,008
a month. Kentucky's median is $967.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $743 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bullitt County.
- $689 Tract 204.01
- $1,432 Tract 203
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
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$974–$1,461
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,008 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
44% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 44% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.4% to the 7,161 homes here.
11–30
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 30% more than Kentucky's.
$268,200
median home value in Mount Washington.
- $268,200 Mount Washington
- $205,600 Kentucky
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year