Home values, rents and more in Fayette County, KY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Fayette County, KY compares
The typical home in Fayette County, KY is worth about $331,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fayette County, KY are about the same as the typical value in the Lexington metro area ($325,000) and 10% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Fayette County, KY rose 3.4%, compared with +3.3% in the Lexington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,628 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Lexington metro area ($1,599) and 16% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $69,479, against $71,966 in the Lexington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 329,751 people live in Fayette County, KY (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Fayette County, KY has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 6 counties in the Lexington metro area and the 6th-highest of 120 in Kentucky with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lexington metro area · Kentucky
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Nearby counties
Cities in Fayette County, KY
ZIP codes in Fayette County, KY
- 40502 · Lexington $561,000
- 40503 · Lexington $345,000
- 40504 · Lexington $269,000
- 40505 · Lexington $228,000
- 40507 · Lexington $411,000
- 40508 · Lexington $225,000
- 40509 · Lexington $402,000
- 40510 · Lexington $758,000
- 40511 · Lexington $313,000
- 40513 · Lexington $570,000
- 40514 · Lexington $369,000
- 40515 · Lexington $381,000
- 40516 · Lexington $342,000
- 40517 · Lexington $254,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.