Home values, rents and more in Whitley County, KY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Whitley County, KY compares
The typical home in Whitley County, KY is worth about $141,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Whitley County, KY are 8% below the typical value in the Corbin metro area ($153,000) and 62% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Whitley County, KY fell 10.7%, compared with −5.0% in the Corbin metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $44,615, against $46,363 in the Corbin metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 37,297 people live in Whitley County, KY (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Whitley County, KY has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 4 counties in the Corbin metro area and the 32nd-lowest of 120 in Kentucky with Zillow figures.
Part of: Corbin metro area · Kentucky
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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.