Prospect makes Kentucky’s top 10 on 4 lists
Prospect is ranked on 28 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 6.
Prospect 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 Prospect marked.
Older than 100% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Prospect’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Prospect lands in the top half on 8 of 14 lists
Each dot is Prospect’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Prospect does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for household income
Lists where Prospect sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every KY list, and where Prospect lands
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%
#3
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#145
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#1
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#2
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#121 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#3
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#11
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#59 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #85
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#140
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#110
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#141
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
The number on the right is Prospect’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.