Ranked for Walkable City Living
Best Places to Live in Kentucky for Walkable City Living
Dense, walkable, connected, diverse metros Ranked by how well each place fits the Walkable City Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 16 places
- #1JeffersontownPopulation 28,796 · solid overall livability83% match
- #2LouisvillePopulation 629,176 · mixed overall livability81% match
- #3Lexington-FayettePopulation 321,276 · solid overall livability81% match
- #4CovingtonPopulation 40,923 · mixed overall livability72% match
- #5Bowling GreenPopulation 72,385 · mixed overall livability58% match
- #6FrankfortPopulation 28,460 · mixed overall livability53% match
- #7NicholasvillePopulation 31,352 · mixed overall livability50% match
- #8HendersonPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability50% match
- #9FlorencePopulation 32,056 · mixed overall livability47% match
- #10OwensboroPopulation 60,019 · mixed overall livability44% match
- #11PaducahPopulation 26,869 · mixed overall livability42% match
- #12ElizabethtownPopulation 31,425 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #13HopkinsvillePopulation 31,042 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #14GeorgetownPopulation 37,510 · solid overall livability28% match
- #15RichmondPopulation 34,883 · solid overall livability28% match
- #16IndependencePopulation 28,722 · mixed overall livability28% 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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