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38.32° N · 85.52° W · GEOID 2158200

Orchard Grass Hills

Oldham County, Kentucky · part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Orchard Grass Hills is home to 1,912 people. Median household income is $107,000 a year and median rent is $1,817 a month, 20.4% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $301,500, about 2.8x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,817
33% above the median place
Median household income
$107,000
33% above the median place
Median home value
$301,500
6% below the median place
Unemployment
3.5%
29% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Orchard Grass Hills

  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $71 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 95% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 85 Kentucky places.
  • The median resident is 31.6 years old, younger than in 92% of places its size.
  • Households average 2.99 people, larger than in 88% of places its size.
  • 87% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 85% of places its size.
  • 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a larger share than in 81% of places its size.
01

Moving to Orchard Grass Hills

Oldham County gains about 7.1 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in3,798
Moved out3,375
Net+423

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Jefferson County, KY1,8961,292+604
Henry County, KY152200−48
Trimble County, KY3975−36

Within Kentucky, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within KentuckyOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$103K
Leavers$97K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Oldham County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
6.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.6% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Oldham County report $102,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $96,600, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$72,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,817 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,746 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $301,500.
Getting to work
24 minutes each way on average; 19.4% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Owings Mills, MD matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
6.0%
5% above the median place
Income of households moving in8
$102,507
45% above the median place
Income of households moving out8
$96,602
37% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year16.0%5% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.6%34% above
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure7.1above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$102,50745% above
Income of households moving out8County figure$96,60237% above
02

What it costs to live here

Homeownership is 87.0%, 31% above the median place.

Orchard Grass Hills20.4%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$72,680
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
20.4%
0% above the median place
Home price to income
2.8x
26% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
20%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$88,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Orchard Grass Hills, $1,817 a month, and local prices for everything else (96.0 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Orchard Grass Hills, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Campbelltown, PA16.1% vs 20.4%$12,600Compare

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Homeownership1
87.0%
31% above the median place
Median year built1
1982
0% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$2,789
15% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,81733% above
Rent to income120.4%0% above
Property tax rate10.9%2% above
Home price to income12.8x26% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure93.18% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,27621% below
HUD area median income4County figure$99,0008% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,78915% below
Median home value1$301,5006% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure4.9%55% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure50.1%3% below
Homeownership187.0%31% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure43.3%14% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,7467% below
Vacant homes1County figure3.4%52% below
Median year built119820% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Works from home1
19.4%
55% above the median place
Median household income1
$107,000
33% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$107,00033% above
Income per person1$50,20925% above
Unemployment1County figure3.5%29% below
Average annual pay6County figure$66,9121% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure-1.8%below (median 3.7%)
Jobs6County figure16,99589% below
Poverty rate1County figure4.3%60% below
Mean commute124 min6% below
Works from home119.4%55% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 97.8%, 6% above the median place.

High school or higher1
97.8%
6% above the median place
Median age1
31.6
19% below the median place
Household size1
3.0
20% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher50.6% +58%
Homes with broadband94.8% +3%
No health insurance5.4% −16%
All 9 people measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,9126646th largest
Population change since 202075.6%387% above
Median age131.619% below
Bachelor's or higher150.6%58% above
High school or higher197.8%6% above
Household size13.020% above
Born abroad1County figure4.2%52% below
No health insurance15.4%16% below
Homes with broadband194.8%3% above
05

Life in Orchard Grass Hills

48 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents10.5 +3%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars12.9 −38%
Shops16.6 −45%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.5 +34%
Doctors' offices and clinics18.8 −7%
Child care centers1.7 −26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Shops per 10k9
16.6
45% below the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k9
12.9
38% below the median place
Child care centers per 10k9
1.7
26% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure23156% above
Public school students12County figure12,038146% above
Students per teacher12County figure17.413% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure12.938% below
Shops per 10k9County figure16.645% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure5.534% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure18.87% below
Child care centers per 10k9County figure1.726% below
Parks per 10k1010.53% above
Playgrounds per 10k100.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k100.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k100.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails100.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi100.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings11County figure48269% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Wildfire risk is 16.5, 73% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Orchard Grass Hills. Larger places are fetched first.

Wildfire risk14
16.5
73% below the median place
Heat wave risk14
36.5
60% below the median place
Hurricane risk14
8.7
88% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureOrchard Grass HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure87°F0% above
January average low13County figure24°F5% below
Average temperature13County figure56°F1% above
Annual precipitation13County figure51.4 in17% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure56.039% below
Hurricane risk14County figure8.788% below
Tornado risk14County figure85.55% above
Wildfire risk14County figure16.573% below
Heat wave risk14County figure36.560% below
Median air quality index15County figure399% below
Good air days15County figure87.7%28% above
08

Orchard Grass Hills in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 21% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 20% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,817/mo (2024)$2,330/mo$1,910 to $2,840/mo+4.3%
Median household income$107,000 (2024)$135,000$114,000 to $160,000+4.0%
Median home value$301,500 (2024)$430,000$312,000 to $593,000+6.1%
Population1,623 (2025)1,6801,610 to 1,750+0.7%

The median home would be worth 3.2 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Orchard Grass Hills

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Owings Mills, MD$1,841$96,243Compare
Knightdale, NC$1,674$103,220Compare
Farmers Branch, TX$1,864$91,186Compare
Jenks, OK$1,602$111,004Compare
Jenks, OKFarmers Branch, TXKnightdale, NCOwings Mills, MDOrchard Grass Hills, KYOrchard Grass HillsOwings MillsKnightdaleFarmers BranchJenksOrchard Grass HillsOwings MillsKnightdaleFarmers BranchJenks

Common questions

Is Orchard Grass Hills a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Owning with a mortgage costs about $71 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 95% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 85 Kentucky places. The median resident is 31.6 years old, younger than in 92% of places its size. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Orchard Grass Hills expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 20.4% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $301,500.

What salary do you need to live in Orchard Grass Hills?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $72,680 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Orchard Grass Hills?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Owings Mills, MD, Knightdale, NC, Farmers Branch, TX and Jenks, OK.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Orchard Grass Hills with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Orchard Grass Hills itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/orchard-grass-hills-kentucky

Citytistics. “Orchard Grass Hills, Kentucky.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/orchard-grass-hills-kentucky/

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