Ranked for Young Families
Best Places to Live in Kentucky for Young Families
Top schools, low crime, parks, room for a family Ranked by how well each place fits the Young Families 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 livability63% match
- #3Lexington-FayettePopulation 321,276 · solid overall livability61% match
- #4GeorgetownPopulation 37,510 · solid overall livability61% match
- #5FlorencePopulation 32,056 · mixed overall livability61% match
- #6IndependencePopulation 28,722 · mixed overall livability49% match
- #7RichmondPopulation 34,883 · solid overall livability41% match
- #8FrankfortPopulation 28,460 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #9HendersonPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability41% match
- #10Bowling GreenPopulation 72,385 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #11OwensboroPopulation 60,019 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #12CovingtonPopulation 40,923 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #13ElizabethtownPopulation 31,425 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #14NicholasvillePopulation 31,352 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #15HopkinsvillePopulation 31,042 · mixed overall livability29% match
- #16PaducahPopulation 26,869 · mixed overall livability29% 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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