Russell County is seeing quite a bit of success with Airbnb, a vacation rental company that allows people to book properties for vacations online.
According to the company in 2021, Russell County Airbnb hosts brought in $760,000 over the course of the year, which was among the 10 highest earnings of Kentucky’s 120 counties.
Counties in Kentucky brought in a combined total of around $27 million in 2021.
Here’s a look at how each county fared in 2021.
Adair |
$180,000 |
Anderson |
$330,000 |
Ballard |
$15,000 |
Barren |
$770,000 |
Bath |
$20,000 |
Bell |
$80,000 |
Boyle |
$390,000 |
Breathitt |
$13,000 |
Breckinridge |
$160,000 |
Caldwell |
$12,000 |
Calloway |
$625,000 |
Carlisle |
$5,000 |
Carroll |
$15,000 |
Carter |
$75,000 |
Casey |
$100,000 |
Clay |
$100,000 |
Clinton |
$135,000 |
Crittenden |
$20,000 |
Cumberland |
$225,000 |
Estill |
$130,000 |
Fleming |
$160,000 |
Floyd |
$50,000 |
Franklin |
$730,000 |
Fulton |
$5,000 |
Garrard |
$200,000 |
Graves |
$20,000 |
Grayson |
$650,000 |
Green |
$40,000 |
Harlan |
$80,000 |
Harrison |
$65,000 |
Hart |
$85,000 |
Hickman |
$15,000 |
Hopkins |
$140,000 |
Jackson |
$275,000 |
Johnson |
$10,000 |
Knott |
$60,000 |
Knox |
$50,000 |
Laurel |
$340,000 |
Lawrence |
$140,000 |
Lee |
$640,000 |
Leslie |
$15,000 |
Letcher |
$225,000 |
Lewis |
$90,000 |
Lincoln |
$130,000 |
Livingston |
$170,000 |
Logan |
$250,000 |
Lyon |
$480,000 |
Madison |
$900,000 |
Magoffin |
$3,000 |
Marion |
$425,000 |
Marshall |
$975,000 |
Mason |
$215,000 |
McCracken |
$1 million |
McCreary |
$100,000 |
Menifee |
$255,000 |
Mercer |
$300,000 |
Metcalfe |
$30,000 |
Monroe |
$25,000 |
Montgomery |
$80,000 |
Morgan |
$20,000, |
Muhlenberg |
$145,000 |
Nelson |
$1 million |
Nicholas |
$75,000 |
Ohio |
$15,000 |
Owen |
$80,000 |
Owsley |
$10,000 |
Perry |
$115,000 |
Pike |
$275,000 |
Powell |
$5 million |
Pulaski |
$2 million |
Robertson |
$20,000 |
Rockcastle |
$70,000 |
Rowan |
$175,000 |
Russell |
$760,000 |
Simpson |
$85,000 |
Taylor |
$325,000 |
Todd |
$165,000 |
Trigg |
$875,000 |
Union |
$30,000 |
Washington |
$310,000 |
Wayne |
$545,000 |
Webster |
$75,000 |
Whitley |
$115,000 |
Wolfe |
$2 million |