Orchard Grass Hills, Kentucky

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2% to the 657 homes here.

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

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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Population

Growing. Up 5.5% since 2020.

1,623

people, the 165th-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
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

99.2%

of 122 jobs located in Orchard Grass Hills are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 54% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,817

a month. Kentucky's median is $967.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (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 doubles.

A $889 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Oldham County.
- $962 Tract 301
- $1,851 Tract 308.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$881–$1,322

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,817 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
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 84% 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
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2% to the 657 homes here.

1

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

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
Home value

A median home costs 47% more than Kentucky's.

$301,500

median home value in Orchard Grass Hills.
- $301,500 Orchard Grass Hills
- $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

Orchard Grass Hills, Kentucky

Orchard Grass Hills,
Kentucky.

Growing. Up 5.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 54% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2% to the 657 homes here.

A median home costs 47% more than Kentucky's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 5.5% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 54% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2% to the 657 homes here.

A median home costs 47% more than Kentucky's.

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