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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

  1. #1JeffersontownPopulation 28,796 · solid overall livability83% match
  2. #2LouisvillePopulation 629,176 · mixed overall livability63% match
  3. #3Lexington-FayettePopulation 321,276 · solid overall livability61% match
  4. #4GeorgetownPopulation 37,510 · solid overall livability61% match
  5. #5FlorencePopulation 32,056 · mixed overall livability61% match
  6. #6IndependencePopulation 28,722 · mixed overall livability49% match
  7. #7RichmondPopulation 34,883 · solid overall livability41% match
  8. #8FrankfortPopulation 28,460 · mixed overall livability41% match
  9. #9HendersonPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability41% match
  10. #10Bowling GreenPopulation 72,385 · mixed overall livability29% match
  11. #11OwensboroPopulation 60,019 · mixed overall livability29% match
  12. #12CovingtonPopulation 40,923 · mixed overall livability29% match
  13. #13ElizabethtownPopulation 31,425 · mixed overall livability29% match
  14. #14NicholasvillePopulation 31,352 · mixed overall livability29% match
  15. #15HopkinsvillePopulation 31,042 · mixed overall livability29% match
  16. #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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