Springfield ranks #9 in Kentucky for graduation rate
Springfield is ranked on 29 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
More vacation homes than 97% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Springfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Springfield does best on
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Springfield marked.
Springfield lands in the top half on 9 of 15 lists
Each dot is Springfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Springfield does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for new homes
Lists where Springfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Springfield 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.
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #20Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#6
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
#11
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#26
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
#34 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#50
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#51
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#56
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#81
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#98 
The number on the right is Springfield’s spot. All of Kentucky’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.