Flatwoods makes Kentucky’s top 10 on 2 lists
Flatwoods is ranked on 29 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 6.
Drier than 100% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Flatwoods’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Flatwoods does best on
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Flatwoods marked.
3 spots from the top 10 for affordability
Lists where Flatwoods sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Flatwoods lands in the top half on 9 of 15 lists
Each dot is Flatwoods’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Flatwoods does best come first.
Flatwoods out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every KY list, and where Flatwoods lands
32 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#13
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#73
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#28
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #55Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#98
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
#35
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#120
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#126
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#29 
People
Most educated#1 Indian Hills · 84.8%
#120
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#87
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#59
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#36
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#46 Climate
Snowiest#1 Covington · 23 in
#98
Least snow#1 Richmond · 1.3 in
#42
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Campbell North · 27.6°
#105
Hottest summers#1 Bowling Green · 89.4°
#64
Coolest summers#1 Florence · 85.2°
#72
Longest growing season#1 Eddyville · 225 days
#48
Wettest#1 Russell Springs · 55 in
#135 The number on the right is Flatwoods’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.