How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Kentucky?

About 41.4¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.80¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?

Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Kentucky has the 8th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.

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Cost to run a vacuum cleaner in Kentucky (August 2026 rates)

At 13.80¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kentucky's average residential price in August 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $4.97 a year. That is 24% less than the national average of $6.54. Kentucky's residential rate is up 5.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.72 to $4.97 a year.

Per hour: 16.6¢
Per day of use: 5.0¢
Per month: 41.4¢
Per year: $4.97

Assumption: 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 36 kWh a year. An upright vacuum, roughly 20 minutes per session. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Kentucky compares

Kentucky pays 13.80¢/kWh, the 8th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.57 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same vacuum cleaner costs $4.58 a year in Nevada and $16.98 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.41 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Tennessee	13.42¢	40.3¢	$4.83
Nebraska	13.54¢	40.6¢	$4.87
Kentucky	13.80¢	41.4¢	$4.97
Arkansas	14.37¢	43.1¢	$5.17
Mississippi	14.43¢	43.3¢	$5.19

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a vacuum cleaner.

What else costs about the same in Kentucky

Toaster$4.84 a year in KY Electric blanket$5.30 a year in KY Electric lawn mower$5.74 a year in KY

Cutting the number down

A full bag or clogged filter costs suction, not watts: the motor draws the same while doing less.

Questions

How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Kentucky?: About 41.4¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.80¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?: Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Kentucky has the 8th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.