The story of this market
The typical home in Shelby County, Kentucky sells for about $338,000, or $182 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.62%), a market in balance. Homes take about 34 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 120% since 2000. Last year 9 of 12 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,149 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,149 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.6%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+16.3%). Worst: 2009 (-3.9%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.3%
KY · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,369
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+4.6%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 12 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
65
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $21,504,379.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
80.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2689 | 1462 | 80.2% | 5% | $225,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Shelby County, Kentucky
The Shelby County housing market is experiencing a period of price stabilization with a slight year-over-year decline in median sale prices. Inventory remains constrained, and homes are spending more time on the market compared to the previous year, reflecting a cooling in demand.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the published ten-year series (2025) (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 12.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 13 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 89.37% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · poverty 9.7% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 6 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 40003 | Bagdad | $344,900 | $168 | +4.2% | 58 | 97.5% | 12% | 5.5 | 22 | $1,250 | researched Oct 15 |
| 40022 | Finchville | $325,000 | $156 | +14.2% | 3 | 100% | — | — | 29 | $1,150 | researched Oct 15 |
| 40065 | Shelbyville | $320,000 | $179 | — | 85 | — | — | — | 283 | — | researched Oct 16 |
| 40066 | Shelbyville | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | researched Oct 17 |
| 40067 | Simpsonville | $350,000 | $185 | +3.5% | 45 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.2 | 32 | $687 | researched Oct 1 |
| 40076 | Waddy | $355,000 | $175 | +2.5% | 48 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.2 | 42 | $975 | researched Sep 17 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Kentucky) — Kentucky Ad Valorem Property Tax: Property is assessed at its fair cash value (price at a fair voluntary sale). The tax is calculated by applying local and state tax rates to the assessed value.
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- Malibu Jack's Louisville4.419.3 mi
- Activate Games4.919.9 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.115.8 mi
- Dave & Buster's Louisville421.9 mi
- Churchill Downs4.729.5 mi
- Kentucky Exposition Center4.427.7 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory4.829.5 mi
- KFC Yum! Center4.528.9 mi
- Kentucky International Convention Center4.529 mi
- Buffalo Trace Distillery4.819.7 mi
- Cinemark Tinseltown Louisville and XD4.419.7 mi
- Malibu Jack's Louisville4.419.3 mi
- Main Event Louisville4.216.5 mi
- Xscape Theatres Blankenbaker 164.516.6 mi
- Woodford Reserve Distillery4.823.3 mi
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory4.829.5 mi
- Kentucky Derby Museum4.729.4 mi
- Mellwood Art Center4.626.8 mi
- Muhammad Ali Center4.829.3 mi
- Beckley Creek Park4.813.6 mi
- E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park4.619.1 mi
- Broad Run Park4.818.7 mi
- The Parklands of Floyds Fork4.813.6 mi
- Papa Johns Park Waterfall4.816.5 mi
- Taylorsville Lake Marina4.611.3 mi
- Guist Creek Marina4.65.2 mi
- Valhalla Golf Club4.813.8 mi
- Clear Creek Park Family Activity Center4.53.3 mi
- Weissinger Hills Golf Course4.40.8 mi
- Long Run Course3.612.2 mi
- Charlie Vettiner Golf Course4.118.3 mi
- Publix Super Market at Terra Crossing4.515.9 mi
- Meijer4.319.4 mi
- Gallrein Farms4.75.4 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.319.6 mi
- HomeGoods4.419.6 mi
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport4.327.2 mi
- Bowman Field4.523.9 mi
- Louisville Regional Airport Authority4.327.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Census Reporter profile for Shelby County, KY
Property is assessed at its fair cash value (price at a fair voluntary sale). The tax is calculated by applying local and state tax rates to the assessed value. A homestead exemption is available for owners aged 65 or older or those who are totally disabled, which exempts a portion of the assessed value from taxation (the specific exemption amount is adjusted biennially based on the cost of living index).
Kentucky Constitution Section 170, 172; KRS 132.190
Kentucky is a judicial foreclosure state, requiring a court action to enforce a mortgage or lien. The process involves a court-ordered sale, typically conducted by the master commissioner.
KRS Chapter 426
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.