What is the median rent in Cave City, KY?

Name: Median rent in Cave City, KY, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cave City, KY is $704 (±$34) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 752 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Cave City, the median gross rent went from $576 in 2015–2019 to $704 in 2020–2024 (+22.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $704 (±$34)
Rented homes: 752 (±140)
$2,000 or more: 0.3%
Since 2015–2019: +22.2%

How much rent costs in Cave City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cave City	Barren County	Kentucky	United States
Less than $500	22.5% (±10.0 points)	17.1%	11.4%	6.3%
$500 to $999	71.8% (±9.8 points)	58.3%	42.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	4.9% (±5.3 points)	22.7%	32.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.5% (±0.8 points)	1.2%	10.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.3% (±1.3 points)	0.0%	2.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±4.9 points)	0.0%	0.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±4.9 points)	0.6%	0.7%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 71.8% of renting households.

0.3% of rented homes in Cave City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cave City against Barren County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cave City	Barren County	Kentucky	United States
Median gross rent	$704 (±$34)	$796 (±$36)	$967 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	752 (±140)	5,711 (±413)	525,744 (±5,281)	42,849,984

In Cave City, median gross rent is lower than in Barren County ($796).

It is also lower than in Kentucky ($967).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Barren County, Cave City ranks 2 of 3 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 267 of 376.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Cave City has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$576 (±$41)	$704 (±$34)	+22.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	52.2% (±7.7 points)	63.3% (±6.9 points)	+11.1 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	18.7% (±9.8 points)	0.0% (±4.7 points)	−18.7 percentage points	Measurable decrease

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Cave City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cave City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cave City	—	$704 (±$34)	—
Horse Cave	3.3 mi	$651 (±$91)	Not measurably different
Park City	5.6 mi	$527 (±$360)	Not measurably different
Glasgow	9.5 mi	$849 (±$42)	Higher
Munfordville	10 mi	$661 (±$50)	Not measurably different
Smiths Grove	15 mi	$1,293 (±$253)	Higher
Bonnieville	17 mi	$750 (±$344)	Not measurably different
Brownsville	17 mi	$675 (±$268)	Not measurably different
Edmonton	22 mi	$625 (±$51)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Edmonton, KY ($625).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Glasgow, KY ($849), Smiths Grove, KY ($1,293).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Barren County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Glasgow	$849 (±$42)
2	Cave City	$704 (±$34)
3	Park City	$527 (±$360)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Cave City

What is the average rent in Cave City, KY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cave City is $704 (±$34) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Cave City?

In Cave City, the median gross rent went from $576 in 2015–2019 to $704 in 2020–2024 (+22.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Cave City cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.3% of rented homes in Cave City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 22.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cave City higher than in Barren County?

In Cave City, median gross rent is lower than in Barren County ($796).

It is also lower than in Kentucky ($967).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Cave City city, Kentucky (place:13492, in state:21).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.