Berea ranks #5 in Kentucky for new homes
Berea is ranked on 31 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
Less snow than 99% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Berea’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Berea does best on
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Berea marked.
2 spots from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Berea sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Berea lands in the top half on 11 of 17 lists
Each dot is Berea’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Berea does best come first.
Where Berea lands in every KY ranking
32 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#75
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
#5
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#52
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
#28 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#77
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#54
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#65
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
#24 People
Most educated#1 Indian Hills · 84.8%
#64
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#22
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#123
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#119
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#85 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#53
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#66
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#114 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #94
The number on the right is Berea’s spot. All of Kentucky’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every KY list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.