Hurstbourne makes Kentucky’s top 10 on 5 lists
Hurstbourne is ranked on 26 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 6.
Hurstbourne is on Kentucky’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hurstbourne marked.
More vacation homes than 99% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Hurstbourne’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Hurstbourne lands in the top half on 7 of 13 lists
Each dot is Hurstbourne’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Hurstbourne does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for college degrees
Lists where Hurstbourne sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Hurstbourne 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.
Where Hurstbourne 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.
People
Most educated#1 Indian Hills · 84.8%
#4
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#69
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#81
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#34
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#12 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#128
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#2 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #122Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#141
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#138
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#139
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Covington · 23 in
#39
Least snow#1 Richmond · 1.3 in
#86
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Campbell North · 27.6°
#59
Hottest summers#1 Bowling Green · 89.4°
#50
Coolest summers#1 Florence · 85.2°
#85
Longest growing season#1 Eddyville · 225 days
#11
Wettest#1 Russell Springs · 55 in
#40 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#3
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#114
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Junction City · 0.4
The number on the right is Hurstbourne’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.