Ranked for Affordable Living
Best Places to Live in Kentucky for Affordable Living
Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 16 places
- #1HendersonPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability86% match
- #2PaducahPopulation 26,869 · mixed overall livability66% match
- #3FrankfortPopulation 28,460 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #4OwensboroPopulation 60,019 · mixed overall livability46% match
- #5HopkinsvillePopulation 31,042 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #6JeffersontownPopulation 28,796 · solid overall livability37% match
- #7CovingtonPopulation 40,923 · mixed overall livability34% match
- #8Lexington-FayettePopulation 321,276 · solid overall livability31% match
- #9RichmondPopulation 34,883 · solid overall livability31% match
- #10NicholasvillePopulation 31,352 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #11GeorgetownPopulation 37,510 · solid overall livability23% match
- #12FlorencePopulation 32,056 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #13IndependencePopulation 28,722 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #14LouisvillePopulation 629,176 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #15Bowling GreenPopulation 72,385 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #16ElizabethtownPopulation 31,425 · mixed overall livability11% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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