Bullitt County, Kentucky Eviction Risk: Low

Bullitt County carries an average eviction-risk score of 3.2/10 (Low) across its 10 cities, placing it 29th of 120 counties in Kentucky. That ranking puts 28 counties above it in risk and 91 below, which means Bullitt sits in the higher-risk third of the state despite the Low label. For landlords, the practical read is a county that skews toward stable, owner-occupant suburbs south of Louisville eviction risk, with a relatively thin rental market: just 18.8% of households rent, average rent runs $1,048, and the average rent burden lands at 28.4% of income. The fundamentals are not alarming, but they are not uniformly calm either.

The intra-county spread from 2.3/10 to 3.5/10 is modest in absolute terms yet meaningful in practice. A landlord buying in the lowest-risk pocket faces materially different exposure than one buying near the top of that range, so the county average alone understates the variation you will encounter across specific addresses.

The cities inside Bullitt County

The highest-risk locations in Bullitt County are Hillview and Hebron Estates, each scoring 3.5/10. Hillview, the third-largest city in the county at 8,797 residents, carries more tenant-pool depth than Hebron Estates (1,276 residents) and therefore represents the larger operational footprint at that risk level. Mount Washington, the county seat and largest city at 18,480 residents, scores 3.4/10, placing it just below that top tier.

On the lower end, Fox Chase scores 2.3/10, Pioneer Village 2.4/10, and Lebanon Junction 2.8/10. Shepherdsville, the second-largest city at 14,533 residents, scores a moderate 2.9/10, making it one of the calmer environments for larger portfolio operations within the county. Risk is genuinely hyper-local here: two cities at the top of the range sit nearly 1.2 points above the lowest-risk city in the same county.

State-level laws that apply here

Every lease in Bullitt County operates under Kentucky eviction laws state law, specifically KRS § 383.500 et seq. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). Nonpayment of rent triggers a 7-day notice; a lease violation with cure rights requires 14 days; a no-cause or end-of-term termination requires 30 days. Kentucky does not require just cause to end a tenancy and, by statute, preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so no city in Bullitt County can impose a rent cap. The full Kentucky eviction process runs 21 to 45 days for an uncontested case and 45 to 120 days if contested.

Cost exposure under the Kentucky eviction costs framework ranges from a $150 to $250 court filing fee, plus a $40 to $150 sheriff lockout fee, plus attorney fees of $500 to $2,500 if you retain counsel. Landlords planning operations here should budget against the contested timeline and the upper end of that attorney-fee range. For a broader view of tenant obligations and rights in this state, the Kentucky tenant protections guide covers the retaliation statute (KRS § 383.705) and habitability requirements (KRS § 383.595) in detail.

With an average poverty rate of 11.9% and only 18.8% of households renting, Bullitt County's tenant pool is comparatively small and stable; review the city grid above to identify which of the 10 cities best matches your risk tolerance before committing capital.