What is the population of Bardstown city?

Bardstown city has 13,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Bardstown city?

Median household income in Bardstown city is $49,781 a year, 36.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bardstown city?

Median gross rent is $917 a month and the median home value is $190,800, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.

Is Bardstown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bardstown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bardstown, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bardstown, Kentucky (Bardstown, KY — Census place “Bardstown city”) is 13,673 residents, ranking #34 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $49,781, the median home is worth $190,800 and median gross rent runs $917 a month. Looking for the Bardstown Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bardstown, KY: 40004.

Population: 13,673Bardstown city residents
Median household income: $49,781Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $190,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $917Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.6%Owner-occupied households

Bardstown ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bardstown.

The Bardstown KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

40004

What the numbers mean in Bardstown city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bardstown city median would spend about 22.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 58.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bardstown city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bardstown city is a mid-size town in Kentucky, with 13,673 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #34 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 39.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bardstown city earn a median of $49,781 a year, 36.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bardstown city is valued at $190,800, 37.1% below the national figure and 21% above the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $917 a month, 34.8% below the national figure, or roughly $11,004 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bardstown city?: Bardstown city has 13,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Bardstown city?: Median household income in Bardstown city is $49,781 a year, 36.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bardstown city?: Median gross rent is $917 a month and the median home value is $190,800, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.
Is Bardstown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bardstown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bardstown city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.