How much does a security camera cost per month in Kentucky?

About 50.4¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.81¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?

Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 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 $8.02 a year.

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Cost to run a security camera in Kentucky (July 2026 rates)

At 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kentucky's average residential price in July 2026 — running a security camera costs $6.05 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $8.02. Kentucky's residential rate is up 5.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.75 to $6.05 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.7¢
Per month: 50.4¢
Per year: $6.05

Assumption: 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 44 kWh a year. Per wired camera, including night-vision illuminators averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Kentucky compares

Kentucky pays 13.81¢/kWh, the 8th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.97 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same security camera costs $5.57 a year in Louisiana and $21.02 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.45 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Idaho	13.73¢	50.1¢	$6.01
Nebraska	13.78¢	50.3¢	$6.04
Kentucky	13.81¢	50.4¢	$6.05
Arkansas	14.33¢	52.3¢	$6.28
Oklahoma	14.35¢	52.4¢	$6.29

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

What else costs about the same in Kentucky

Electric pressure cooker$5.80 a year in KY Rice cooker$5.80 a year in KY Electric lawn mower$5.74 a year in KY

Cutting the number down

Individually trivial, collectively real: eight cameras around the clock is an always-on load worth knowing about.

Questions

How much does a security camera cost per month in Kentucky?: About 50.4¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.81¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?: Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 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 $8.02 a year.