Toilet Repair in Kentucky

Weighted across 1,069,658 occupied homes. Separately, 61% of the state’s 1,188,929 housing units — a wider universe, because it includes vacant ones — were built before 1990, which is before the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set a 1.6 gallon flush maximum.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 (tenure) and B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Flush volumes: US EPA WaterSense, tank-type toilet supporting statement.

A state average hides the thing that matters. Of the 296 towns we route in here, 35 are mostly pre-1990 housing and 48 are mostly post-1990 housing; on tenure, 134 are strongly owner-occupied and 15 are renter-heavy.

The two are close to independent of each other, so an old town is not reliably an owning town or a renting one. That is why every town page below carries its own pair of figures rather than inheriting these.

The fault list does not vary by state. A running tank is the flapper or the fill valve, and EPA publishes a ten-minute test that tells them apart. Water at the base is four different faults, one of which is condensation and not a leak at all. A fixture that rocks is the one that causes the seal failure you will meet later.

What varies by town is who fixes it. In a rented home the toilet is normally the landlord’s repair, and in the towns above that is a large share of households.

Checking a credential in Kentucky

Kentucky licenses are issued by the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Division of Plumbing, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

• Allen 81% owner-occupied · 93% pre-1990
• Annville 82% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Argillite 95% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Arjay 55% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Ashcamp 94% owner-occupied · 80% pre-1990
• Ashland 67% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Auxier 92% owner-occupied · 94% pre-1990
• Bagdad 87% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Banner 53% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Bardstown 72% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Battletown 95% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Baxter 75% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Beattyville 72% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Bedford 87% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Bee Spring 74% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Belcher 72% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Belfry 76% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Benham 92% owner-occupied · 96% pre-1990
• Betsy Layne 72% owner-occupied · 98% pre-1990
• Big Clifty 89% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Big Creek 68% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Blackey 91% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Blaine 70% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Bledsoe 86% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Bloomfield 84% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Bonnieville 75% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Bonnyman 64% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Booneville 72% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Boston 75% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Bradfordsville 90% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Brandenburg 77% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Brooks 89% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Brownsville 78% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Buckhorn 74% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Buckner 80% owner-occupied · 20% pre-1990
• Buffalo 85% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Bulan 83% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• Busy 79% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Campbellsburg 76% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Campbellsville 68% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Campton 70% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Canada 77% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Caneyville 82% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Carrollton 56% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Catlettsburg 78% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Cave City 54% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Cawood 84% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Cecilia 82% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Center 83% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Chaplin 83% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Chavies 97% owner-occupied · 10% pre-1990
• Clarkson 73% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Clay City 66% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Clayhole 86% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Clearfield 63% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Closplint 82% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Coldiron 89% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Columbia 75% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Cornettsville 77% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Coxs Creek 96% owner-occupied · 33% pre-1990
• Crab Orchard 80% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Crestwood 89% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Cub Run 97% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Cumberland 57% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Custer 90% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• Cynthiana 70% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Dana 82% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Danville 65% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• David 75% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Dayhoit 52% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Denton 56% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• East Point 79% owner-occupied · 29% pre-1990
• Eastview 83% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• Ekron 90% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Elizabethtown 62% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Elk Horn 78% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Elkhorn City 77% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Eminence 67% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Emmalena 95% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Eolia 85% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Ermine 31% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Essie 61% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Evarts 77% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Ezel 88% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Fairdale 67% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Falls Of Rough 91% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Finchville 83% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Fisherville 97% owner-occupied · 10% pre-1990
• Flatgap 76% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Flatwoods 80% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Forest Hills 100% owner-occupied · 25% pre-1990
• Frankfort 65% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Frenchburg 69% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Garfield 89% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Garrett 62% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Garrison 83% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Georgetown 70% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Glendale 74% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Glenview 93% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Goshen 92% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Grayson 75% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Greensburg 74% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Greenup 83% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Grethel 67% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Gunlock 63% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Guston 71% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Hagerhill 80% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Happy 95% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Hardinsburg 75% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Hardy 78% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Hardyville 84% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Harlan 57% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Harned 91% owner-occupied · 27% pre-1990
• Harold 78% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Harrodsburg 77% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Hazard 62% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Hazel Green 89% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Hi Hat 79% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Hillsboro 84% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Hindman 68% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Hinkle 78% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Hitchins 79% owner-occupied · 90% pre-1990
• Hodgenville 75% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Horse Cave 70% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Huddy 74% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Hudson 82% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Hueysville 74% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Hulen 48% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Hyden 83% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Inez 86% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Irvine 72% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Irvington 76% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Isom 86% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Jackson 73% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Jamestown 71% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Jeffersonville 79% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Jenkins 74% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Jeremiah 92% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Junction City 84% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Kimper 86% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Kite 78% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Krypton 75% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• La Grange 82% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Lancaster 80% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Langley 83% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Lawrenceburg 78% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Lebanon 69% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Lebanon Junction 83% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Leburn 86% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Leitchfield 75% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Lexington 54% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Liberty 74% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Loretto 95% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Lost Creek 69% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Louisa 77% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Louisville 62% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Lovely 82% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Lowmansville 75% owner-occupied · 27% pre-1990
• Loyall 55% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Lynch 65% owner-occupied · 97% pre-1990
• Mackville 83% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Magnolia 81% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Mallie 71% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Mammoth Cave 89% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Manchester 78% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Martin 69% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Mayking 87% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• McAndrews 60% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• McCarr 72% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• McDaniels 100% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• McDowell 87% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• McKee 75% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Meally 89% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Means 84% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Melvin 63% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Midway 75% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Millstone 68% owner-occupied · 95% pre-1990
• Milton 82% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Mize 94% owner-occupied · 38% pre-1990
• Morehead 63% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Mount Eden 97% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Mount Sterling 64% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Mount Washington 89% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Mousie 69% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Mouthcard 76% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Muldraugh 47% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Munfordville 66% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Neon 82% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• New Castle 78% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• New Haven 83% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• New Hope 86% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Nicholasville 71% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Oakland 69% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Oil Springs 49% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Olive Hill 83% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Olympia 83% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Oneida 80% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Owenton 86% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Owingsville 67% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Paintsville 49% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Paris 65% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Park City 66% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Parksville 90% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Partridge 63% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Pathfork 82% owner-occupied · 80% pre-1990
• Pendleton 84% owner-occupied · 22% pre-1990
• Perryville 86% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Pewee Valley 93% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Phelps 95% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Phyllis 100% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Pikeville 63% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Pilgrim 89% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Pinsonfork 97% owner-occupied · 84% pre-1990
• Pippa Passes 42% owner-occupied · 87% pre-1990
• Pleasureville 77% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Prestonsburg 68% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Printer 40% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Prospect 88% owner-occupied · 35% pre-1990
• Quincy 87% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Raccoon 92% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Radcliff 53% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Ransom 75% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Ravenna 71% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Raywick 86% owner-occupied · 37% pre-1990
• Richmond 59% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Rineyville 92% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• River 73% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Rogers 78% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Rush 91% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Russell 79% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Sadieville 86% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Salt Lick 85% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Salvisa 88% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Salyersville 78% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Sanders 90% owner-occupied · 30% pre-1990
• Sandy Hook 84% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Sassafras 73% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Shelbiana 74% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Shelbyville 69% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Shepherdsville 82% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Simpsonville 84% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Sitka 58% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Slemp 91% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Smilax 91% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Smithfield 85% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• Sonora 75% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• South Shore 72% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Springfield 76% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Staffordsville 74% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Stambaugh 45% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Stamping Ground 87% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Stanton 72% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Stanville 90% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Stinnett 82% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Stopover 100% owner-occupied · 58% pre-1990
• Summersville 81% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Sweeden 84% owner-occupied · 94% pre-1990
• Taylorsville 85% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Thelma 70% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Thornton 90% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Thousandsticks 100% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Tomahawk 87% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Topmost 74% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Totz 88% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Tyner 90% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Ulysses 92% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Upton 71% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Van Lear 83% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Vanceburg 76% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Vancleve 80% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Varney 89% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Versailles 72% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Vicco 74% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Vine Grove 76% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• Viper 85% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Virgie 91% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Waddy 81% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Wallingford 91% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Wallins Creek 76% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990
• Warfield 43% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Wayland 75% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Webbville 83% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Webster 86% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• Wellington 77% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• West Liberty 74% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• West Point 73% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• West Van Lear 96% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Westport 68% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Wheelwright 76% owner-occupied · 91% pre-1990
• Whitesburg 69% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Willisburg 83% owner-occupied · 45% pre-1990
• Wilmore 58% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Wittensville 56% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Wooton 89% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Worthington 69% owner-occupied · 96% pre-1990
• Yeaddiss 83% owner-occupied · 52% pre-1990