A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Elsmere$1,340/mo

Typical home $222K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,351/mo · Housing →

Hebron$2,260/mo

Typical home $385K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,491/mo · Housing →

The difference: $920 a month, about $11,000 a year, between Hebron and Elsmere.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Kentucky ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B+ElsmereSafer than 68% of U.S. towns –HebronNot graded

Schools

A−ElsmereBetter than 80% of districts in the state AHebronBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

CElsmereHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns B−HebronHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

8Elsmere

8Hebron

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 126 towns #121#12 Most walkableOutdoors · 145 towns #39#130 Shortest commuteGetting around · 145 towns #28#84 Highest incomeIncome · 145 towns #70#14 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 144 towns #90#36 Lowest obesityHealth · 144 towns #44#88 Most affordableCost of living · 143 towns #56#97 Most activeHealth · 144 towns #63#22

Left end = #1 in Kentucky. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Elsmere’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ElsmereHebron

Snow a year23″23″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 6th

Outdoors & history

ElsmereHebron

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land1.3%—

Settled1896 —

National Register places—4

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here1 2

Community

ElsmereHebron

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

7 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ElsmereHebron

Elsmere ↔ Hebron7.5 miles apart

Who commutes between them

160 Elsmere residents work in Hebron (3.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Elsmere →

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Kentucky average

ElsmereHebron

People

Population 9,205Highest 6,407Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.4%Highest KY: +3.8% +4.5%Lowest KY: +3.8%

Median age 30.6±3.5Highest 22% below KY 30.4±3.5Lowest 22% below KY

Elsmere and Hebron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24%±4.3Lowest KY: 22.6% 30.5%±3.6Highest KY: 22.6%

Hebron and Elsmere are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.9%±2.7Highest KY: 17.3% 7.1%±1.4Lowest KY: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.3%Lowest KY: 27.6% 30%Highest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±4.2Highest KY: 5.5% 5.1%±1.5Lowest KY: 5.5%

Elsmere and Hebron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,503±$10kLowest 5% below KY $106,719±$8kHighest 67% above KY

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $171,900±$14kLowest 16% below KY $239,300±$15kHighest 16% above KY

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,351±$194Lowest 40% above KY $1,491±$199Highest 54% above KY

Hebron and Elsmere are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,700Lowest 10% above KY $1,801Highest 17% above KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.6%±19.2Highest KY: 45.4% 56%±20.6Lowest KY: 45.4%

Elsmere and Hebron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15.6%Highest KY: 16.1% 10%Lowest KY: 16.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.1%Lowest KY: 68.3% 84.5%Highest KY: 68.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 12 yrs older than KY 1997Highest 15 yrs newer than KY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 25% below KY 22 minHighest 8% below KY

Work from home 10.4%±3.3Lowest KY: 10.2% 12.8%±3.4Highest KY: 10.2%

Hebron and Elsmere are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 7.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 8.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.45Lowest 3.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Florence (12%)Florence (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in HebronFew work in Elsmere

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.5Highest 25.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #121 of 126 in KY #12 of 126 in KY

School district Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentKentucky Tech System · Boone County

High school in town None in townConner High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.8

Kentucky average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Elsmere vs Hebron

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $920 more a month in Hebron

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

7 miles apart

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