Sanders, Kentucky
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 3.6% since 2020.
204
people, the 373rd-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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Rent
Median rent is down 27% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$520
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
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $115.
A $115 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Carroll County.
- $900 Tract 9502
- $1,015 Tract 9501
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.
$414–$621
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $520 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2013 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
34% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 34% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.
0
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2013 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 68% less than Kentucky's.
$66,300
median home value in Sanders.
- $66,300 Sanders
- $205,600 Kentucky
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year