Mortonsville Home for Rent

Centuries-old oak trees shade the farmland in Mortonsville, Kentucky, a community that's remained primarily rural for the past 200 years. Livestock fences separate private properties from quiet roads, and the nearest grocery store is in Versailles, 7 miles away. "Mortonsville is not a very dense community," says David Humes, a Realtor with Christie's International Real Estate Bluegrass who has lived in the area since the early 1980s. "It's a big horse town….there are a lot of thoroughbred farms, and we used to have a lot of tobacco crops, but now it's mostly soybeans and hay." Downtown Lexington, which is home to more than 320,000 people, a large public research university, and plenty of employment opportunities, is 18 miles west. Kentucky's capital city is a little over 20 miles north, offering an escape from rural life. There are farmhouses, midcentury ranch-style houses and New Traditionals across Mortonsville. Properties rarely go on the market, and prices vary dramatically depending on lot size — the median cost for a single-family home is $525,000. Humes says it's common for residents to keep horses and maintain hobby farms on their land, and some live within several hundred