Austin, Kentucky.
Typical home $193,039 (+0.6% in a year). Glasgow, KY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$445 (+78%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,118 +1%
- $191,922$193,039 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,665 +13%
- $171,375$193,039 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Austin$1,013
- Kentucky$1,212
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 29 years.
Typical home values in Austin, KY rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Austin, Barren County, Kentucky
The Census does not count Austin on its own, so the figures here are Barren County's. Half the county's households earn more than $50,628 a year and half less; 19% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 65% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Barren County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Barren County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Austin is a small town in Barren County, in south-central Kentucky. Figures for the area are published for the whole county, since the Census does not count the town on its own. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and a notable share of residents live below the poverty line, with household incomes modest for the country as a whole.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year earlier, and jobs grew slightly over the past year. A smaller share of adults hold a degree than in many parts of the country, and commutes are on the short side for the nation, with few people working from home.
Things to do. Barren River Lake State Resort Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Barren River Lake, a reservoir, is also close by. For a longer outing, Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park a longer drive away, and the National Corvette Museum, a museum, is likewise a longer drive.
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- 18,017households
- 39.8median age
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What people in Barren County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Barren County had 15,651 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 6 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Barren River Lake weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Barren County
- T.j. Samson Community HospitalGeneral hospital989FTE
- Barren County SchoolsSchool district768FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters488
- Akebono - GlasgowBrake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing470
- TJ Health PavilionHospitals, general medical and surgical357
- Glasgow Independent SchoolsSchool district322FTE
- National HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities213
- Bluegrass Ingredients - GLAMilk, concentrated, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing188
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 43 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,211 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Barren County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Barren County and the Glasgow, KY metro.
Austin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Austin$193,039
- Kentucky$230,909
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Austin6
Zip codes with a Austin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Austin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.