Union makes Kentucky’s top 10 on 5 lists
Union is ranked on 27 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 5.
More snow than 100% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Union’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Union does best on
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Union marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for working from home
Lists where Union sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Union lands in the top half on 8 of 14 lists
Each dot is Union’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Union does best come first.
Union out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
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 Union 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%
#8
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#100
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#46
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#98
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#34 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#66
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#68
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#56 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #126Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#138
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#139
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#136
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Covington · 23 in
#1
Least snow#1 Richmond · 1.3 in
#109
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Campbell North · 27.6°
#129
Hottest summers#1 Bowling Green · 89.4°
#131
Coolest summers#1 Florence · 85.2°
#5
Longest growing season#1 Eddyville · 225 days
#107
Wettest#1 Russell Springs · 55 in
#108 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#10
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#74
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Junction City · 0.4
The number on the right is Union’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.