What is the population of Owenton city?

Owenton city has 1,600 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #197 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Owenton city?

Median household income in Owenton city is $52,121 a year, 33.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $664 a month and the median home value is $124,300, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Owenton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Owenton, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Owenton, Kentucky (Owenton, KY — Census place “Owenton city”) is 1,600 residents, ranking #197 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $52,121, the median home is worth $124,300 and median gross rent runs $664 a month. Looking for the Owenton Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Owenton, KY: 40359.

Population: 1,600Owenton city residents
Median household income: $52,121Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $124,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $664Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.6%Owner-occupied households

Owenton ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Owenton.

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

40359

What the numbers mean in Owenton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Owenton city median would spend about 15.3% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.4% of residents and 55.6% of households own their home.

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

Owenton city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Owenton city is a small town in Kentucky, with 1,600 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #197 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 43 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Owenton city earn a median of $52,121 a year, 33.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Owenton city is valued at $124,300, 59% below the national figure and 21% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $664 a month, 52.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,968 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 55.6% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Owenton city?: Owenton city has 1,600 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #197 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Owenton city?: Median household income in Owenton city is $52,121 a year, 33.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Owenton city?: Median gross rent is $664 a month and the median home value is $124,300, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
Is Owenton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Owenton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Owenton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.