Appreciation Velocity — Kentucky Cities
Cities of Kentucky ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 1Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Smithland, KY
+3,980.0%
#2 · Rockholds, KY
+2,399.0%
#3 · Dawson Springs, KY
+2,131.2%
#4 · Eminence, KY
+656.0%
#5 · Summer Shade, KY
+504.5%
#6 · Battletown, KY
+335.9%
#7 · Dunmor, KY
+282.4%
#8 · Waddy, KY
+250.3%
#9 · Clarkson, KY
+233.8%
#10 · Harold, KY
+204.4%
City ranking — 1Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smithland, KY | KY | +3,980.0% | +240.2% | — | +2,348.0% | $612K |
| 2 | Rockholds, KY | KY | +2,399.0% | +151.2% | +247.1% | +71.8% | $249.9K |
| 3 | Dawson Springs, KY | KY | +2,131.2% | +2,131.2% | +934.4% | +1,155.3% | $1.12M |
| 4 | Eminence, KY | KY | +656.0% | — | +437.5% | +1,174.9% | $986.4K |
| 5 | Summer Shade, KY | KY | +504.5% | +460.2% | +416.7% | +1,725.7% | $775K |
| 6 | Battletown, KY | KY | +335.9% | +1,069.2% | — | — | $380K |
| 7 | Dunmor, KY | KY | +282.4% | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 8 | Waddy, KY | KY | +250.3% | +356.6% | +208.3% | +237.1% | $958.9K |
| 9 | Clarkson, KY | KY | +233.8% | — | +414.6% | +1,323.8% | $865K |
| 10 | Harold, KY | KY | +204.4% | +165.5% | -7.6% | — | $327.3K |
| 11 | Greenup, KY | KY | +194.4% | +78.6% | +91.7% | +241.3% | $265K |
| 12 | Fort Mitchell, KY | KY | +162.0% | +91.7% | +54.0% | +78.7% | $575K |
| 13 | Sandy Hook, KY | KY | +161.2% | — | +49.0% | — | $350K |
| 14 | Jamestown, KY | KY | +141.5% | +180.1% | +200.9% | +173.5% | $450K |
| 15 | Eastview, KY | KY | +137.0% | +185.7% | +114.9% | +379.3% | $400K |
| 16 | Gilbertsville, KY | KY | +126.8% | — | +49.9% | +237.1% | $600K |
| 17 | Ledbetter, KY | KY | +120.7% | +119.1% | +136.5% | — | $257.5K |
| 18 | Melbourne, KY | KY | +108.5% | +8.0% | +49.2% | +164.7% | $540K |
| 19 | Burkesville, KY | KY | +96.4% | +299.5% | +265.7% | +572.5% | $576.3K |
| 20 | Catlettsburg, KY | KY | +90.2% | -27.4% | +417.8% | +137.5% | $385K |
| 21 | Booneville, KY | KY | +88.0% | — | +74.9% | — | $225K |
| 22 | Gray, KY | KY | +80.3% | -52.7% | -32.6% | -49.0% | $110K |
| 23 | Worthville, KY | KY | +80.2% | — | +312.5% | — | $330K |
| 24 | Pleasureville, KY | KY | +78.5% | +130.8% | +161.8% | +242.9% | $479.7K |
| 25 | Flatwoods, KY | KY | +73.0% | +52.9% | +2.0% | — | $233.1K |
| 26 | Hustonville, KY | KY | +72.1% | +36.8% | +90.8% | +259.3% | $300K |
| 27 | Falls Of Rough, KY | KY | +70.0% | -12.8% | +25.1% | +258.2% | $254.3K |
| 28 | Cold Spring, KY | KY | +69.0% | +1.6% | +70.9% | +88.1% | $255K |
| 29 | Southgate, KY | KY | +68.1% | +156.0% | +93.9% | +179.9% | $263K |
| 30 | Guston, KY | KY | +68.0% | +431.4% | +155.1% | — | $620K |
| 31 | Lewisport, KY | KY | +67.4% | +73.2% | +136.6% | +386.9% | $265.2K |
| 32 | Wickliffe, KY | KY | +67.1% | -60.5% | +261.7% | +35.8% | $108.5K |
| 33 | Campbellsburg, KY | KY | +66.6% | +167.3% | +11.8% | +68.9% | $213.8K |
| 34 | Sadieville, KY | KY | +65.2% | +145.5% | +107.7% | — | $540K |
| 35 | Earlington, KY | KY | +64.0% | — | +250.2% | — | $164K |
| 36 | Edgewood, KY | KY | +63.7% | +115.7% | +169.5% | +230.4% | $652.5K |
| 37 | Owenton, KY | KY | +61.3% | +242.3% | +91.7% | +336.5% | $351.5K |
| 38 | Pikeville, KY | KY | +59.2% | +36.9% | +109.2% | +34.6% | $381.3K |
| 39 | Hartford, KY | KY | +56.4% | +43.1% | +49.8% | +280.3% | $335K |
| 40 | Big Clifty, KY | KY | +52.5% | +154.2% | +401.4% | +131.1% | $305K |
| 41 | Stanford, KY | KY | +51.9% | +66.4% | +54.7% | +150.4% | $287.6K |
| 42 | Maysville, KY | KY | +48.2% | -23.7% | +23.1% | +134.1% | $248.1K |
| 43 | Pembroke, KY | KY | +48.0% | — | +65.8% | +472.8% | $370K |
| 44 | Midway, KY | KY | +47.7% | — | -14.6% | — | $502K |
| 45 | Hanson, KY | KY | +47.0% | +76.9% | +102.8% | +700.0% | $360K |
| 46 | Alvaton, KY | KY | +46.5% | +78.6% | +54.5% | +58.1% | $536.3K |
| 47 | South Shore, KY | KY | +44.0% | +85.5% | +164.1% | +92.8% | $261.5K |
| 48 | Nancy, KY | KY | +43.6% | +15.9% | +4.5% | +73.0% | $262.5K |
| 49 | Martin, KY | KY | +43.6% | — | +188.0% | — | $100.5K |
| 50 | Springfield, KY | KY | +41.1% | +111.8% | +366.4% | +443.2% | $567.5K |
| 51 | Mayfield, KY | KY | +41.1% | +85.4% | +233.7% | +161.6% | $320K |
| 52 | Henderson, KY | KY | +39.4% | -0.5% | +66.9% | +57.3% | $268.8K |
| 53 | Corbin, KY | KY | +36.4% | +2.0% | +33.2% | +68.1% | $199.8K |
| 54 | Bremen, KY | KY | +36.4% | — | — | — | $306.4K |
| 55 | Bedford, KY | KY | +30.6% | -48.5% | -43.0% | — | $247.7K |
| 56 | Brandenburg, KY | KY | +30.5% | +110.0% | +47.2% | +116.3% | $345.9K |
| 57 | Ludlow, KY | KY | +30.1% | +45.3% | +166.4% | +269.9% | $298K |
| 58 | Ashland, KY | KY | +29.5% | +58.2% | +69.1% | +95.9% | $257.7K |
| 59 | Greensburg, KY | KY | +28.7% | +350.5% | +35.6% | +178.1% | $250K |
| 60 | London, KY | KY | +27.2% | +14.4% | +42.3% | +104.1% | $249.5K |
| 61 | Bronston, KY | KY | +26.6% | +43.2% | +58.4% | +108.2% | $312.5K |
| 62 | Scottsville, KY | KY | +26.0% | +85.3% | +58.0% | +104.3% | $309.7K |
| 63 | Tompkinsville, KY | KY | +25.7% | +64.7% | +45.4% | +365.8% | $279K |
| 64 | Olive Hill, KY | KY | +25.5% | +98.9% | +93.5% | — | $272K |
| 65 | Morehead, KY | KY | +25.3% | +83.4% | +50.7% | +197.8% | $300.6K |
| 66 | Science Hill, KY | KY | +25.2% | -20.4% | +31.7% | +102.9% | $200.8K |
| 67 | Morgantown, KY | KY | +24.8% | — | +55.6% | +261.9% | $253.5K |
| 68 | Coxs Creek, KY | KY | +24.0% | +25.4% | +30.8% | +115.9% | $313.8K |
| 69 | Elsmere, KY | KY | +23.6% | +147.5% | +124.2% | +257.2% | $275.5K |
| 70 | Florence, KY | KY | +23.5% | +190.4% | +79.3% | +146.3% | $323K |
| 71 | Carlisle, KY | KY | +22.4% | +237.3% | +192.5% | +295.3% | $398.9K |
| 72 | Austin, KY | KY | +22.3% | +171.5% | +9.9% | +126.3% | $271.5K |
| 73 | Madisonville, KY | KY | +22.3% | +26.3% | +14.5% | +46.7% | $184.6K |
| 74 | Frankfort, KY | KY | +21.7% | +58.6% | +108.3% | +182.6% | $372.3K |
| 75 | Fordsville, KY | KY | +21.2% | +261.5% | +99.1% | — | $235K |
| 76 | Burnside, KY | KY | +19.8% | -13.9% | +9.5% | +124.0% | $154.3K |
| 77 | Rineyville, KY | KY | +18.6% | -6.6% | +18.6% | +93.3% | $274.9K |
| 78 | Waco, KY | KY | +18.3% | +0.5% | +15.7% | +87.0% | $276.2K |
| 79 | Princeton, KY | KY | +18.3% | +144.3% | +109.8% | +82.7% | $215K |
| 80 | Eddyville, KY | KY | +18.0% | — | +34.8% | +95.1% | $309.3K |
| 81 | Utica, KY | KY | +17.8% | +32.2% | +51.0% | +37.7% | $272.2K |
| 82 | Cynthiana, KY | KY | +17.6% | +188.8% | +95.8% | +213.2% | $300.1K |
| 83 | La Grange, KY | KY | +17.4% | +40.7% | +42.0% | +103.0% | $430.4K |
| 84 | Dry Ridge, KY | KY | +16.2% | +932.7% | +93.7% | +88.5% | $309.8K |
| 85 | Park Hills, KY | KY | +16.1% | +139.0% | +83.0% | +153.1% | $597.5K |
| 86 | Prospect, KY | KY | +16.0% | +88.6% | +59.4% | +161.6% | $980.4K |
| 87 | Hardin, KY | KY | +16.0% | -53.2% | +158.9% | +64.8% | $145K |
| 88 | Burlington, KY | KY | +15.7% | +22.7% | +46.9% | +90.0% | $322.2K |
| 89 | Bardwell, KY | KY | +15.5% | +69.5% | -86.5% | -46.9% | $100K |
| 90 | Fisherville, KY | KY | +15.5% | +42.1% | +5.0% | +120.4% | $670.7K |
| 91 | Auburn, KY | KY | +15.3% | -1.3% | +70.0% | +141.6% | $271K |
| 92 | Raceland, KY | KY | +14.9% | +67.5% | — | +235.0% | $167.5K |
| 93 | Crescent Springs, KY | KY | +13.9% | +17.0% | +62.7% | +73.0% | $299.2K |
| 94 | Eubank, KY | KY | +12.8% | +3.3% | +83.1% | +92.0% | $249.4K |
| 95 | Junction City, KY | KY | +12.4% | -51.6% | -11.7% | -9.4% | $158.5K |
| 96 | Russell, KY | KY | +12.0% | +78.3% | +35.8% | +35.5% | $205K |
| 97 | Gracey, KY | KY | +11.4% | — | — | — | $272.9K |
| 98 | Union, KY | KY | +11.3% | — | +87.0% | -92.7% | $537.7K |
| 99 | Edmonton, KY | KY | +10.6% | +118.6% | +23.7% | — | $154.5K |
| 100 | Wellington, KY | KY | +9.9% | +71.2% | +72.4% | +22.9% | $188K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.