Moving to Mount Sterling: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Mount Sterling means joining a real, distinct east-central Kentucky city built around its genuine "Court Days" heritage, with a genuinely low property tax rate.
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Learn moreA real, 230-plus-year Court Days heritage
October Court Day is a real, genuine trading-and-swap-meet festival tradition -- Kentucky's oldest continuously running outdoor festival -- drawing tens of thousands of visitors each October (2026 dates: October 16-18).
A genuinely low county property tax rate
Montgomery County's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.73%, genuinely below both the national average (0.92%) and Kentucky's own statewide 0.80%-0.85% range.
A genuinely mixed, honestly disclosed crime picture
Mount Sterling's overall crime index ran below the national index, but its crime rate ran higher than approximately 90% of other Kentucky cities -- a real tension this record discloses rather than picking one favorable framing.
Key takeaways
- Mount Sterling's Court Days heritage (230-plus years, Kentucky's oldest festival) is a real, defining identity.
- Montgomery County's 0.73% effective property tax rate runs genuinely below national and Kentucky averages.
- Crime carries a real, disclosed mixed signal: below-national but above-most-Kentucky-cities.
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