Best Places42025, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 42025, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
42025 ranks 23,122nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on affordable childcare, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 42025
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
42025's strengths and weaknesses
Where 42025 ranks high
- Cheap childcare$590 a month, better than 86% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than 62% of zip codes
Where 42025 ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 42025
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 42025 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,565, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 42025's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 42025
42025 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 42025.
Who works in 42025, and how
Work in 42025 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 42025
42025 has more parkland per resident than 69% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 42025 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 42025, month by month
42025 sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 59° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of 42025
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around 42025
Schools across 42025 average a C−, better than 23% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Symsonia Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Graves County Central ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Lyon County Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lyon County Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Calloway County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Graves County Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Calloway County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Graves County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Lyon County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 42025 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
42025 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 42025 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 42025
Is 42025 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 42025 ranks 23,122nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low crime, and low taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 42025 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,928. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $68,565 median income, cost of living beats 56% of zip codes.
Is 42025 safe?
Yes, 42025 is safer than 74% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare 42025 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 42025. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 42025 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
42025 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 42025: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 42025: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 42025: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 42025: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
42025 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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