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%

Robards$1,360/mo

Typical home $236K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $778/mo · Housing →

Bremen$770/mo

Typical home $134K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $624/mo · Housing →

The difference: $590 a month, about $7,100 a year, between Robards and Bremen.

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.

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

RobardsBremen

Snow a year10″4″

January low—26°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—211d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 71st

Outdoors & history

RobardsBremen

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here2 —

Community

RobardsBremen

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

28 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RobardsBremen

Robards ↔ Bremen28 miles apart

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

RobardsBremen

People

Population 483Highest 285Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.8% KY: +3.8% —

Median age 50.7±4.6Lowest 30% above KY 53.4±16Highest 37% above KY

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

Kids under 18 8.9%±2.9Lowest KY: 22.6% 12.3%±7Highest KY: 22.6%

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

Age 65+ 24%±7.4Lowest KY: 17.3% 24.2%±16Highest KY: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.6%Highest KY: 27.6% 9.3%Lowest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±1.8Highest KY: 5.5% 1.1%±1.4Lowest KY: 5.5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,250±$26kHighest 26% above KY $68,125±$40kLowest 7% above KY

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $152,100±$50kHighest 26% below KY $129,700±$13kLowest 37% below KY

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $778±$221Highest 20% below KY $624±$13Lowest 35% below KY

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $981Highest 36% below KY $816Lowest 47% below KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31%±49.7Lowest KY: 45.4% 56%±89.1Highest KY: 45.4%

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

Below poverty line 7%Lowest KY: 16.1% 16.1%Highest KY: 16.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Lowest KY: 68.3% 79.3%Highest KY: 68.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 14 yrs older than KY 1980Highest 2 yrs older than KY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 7% above KY 28 minHighest 18% above KY

Work from home 3%±4.6Lowest KY: 10.2% 9.6%±8.6Highest KY: 10.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.18Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Henderson (28%)Greenville (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BremenFew work in Robards

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 9.6Lowest 77.4Highest

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

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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.

Robards vs Bremen

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $590 more a month in Robards

What daily life feels like in each

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