Best PlacesAllen County, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Allen County, 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.
Allen County ranks 2,476th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Allen County
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.
Allen County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allen County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 79% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 66% of counties
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 65% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of counties
Where Allen County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 12% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Allen County
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allen County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,303, 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 Allen County's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Allen County
Allen County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allen County.
Who works in Allen County, and how
Work in Allen County 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 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Allen County
Allen County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Allen County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Allen County growing, and who is moving in?
Allen County has grown about 8% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Bowling Green, KY metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Allen County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Allen County, month by month
Allen County sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Allen County
Nashville International sits about 50 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Allen County
Schools across Allen County average a D+, better than 15% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Allen County Primary CenterD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- James E Bazzell Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Allen County Intermediate CenterC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Allen County-scottsville High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allen County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allen County 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 Allen County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Allen County suits
Families
Schools land around the 15th percentile and crime safety beats 66%.
Common questions about living in Allen County
Is Allen County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allen County ranks 2,476th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allen County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,252. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $62,303 median income, cost of living beats 33% of counties.
Is Allen County safe?
Yes, Allen County is safer than 66% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Allen County?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 31. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of counties.
Is Allen County good for families?
Schools beat 15% of counties, crime safety beats 66%, and childcare runs $660 a month.
Compare Allen County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allen County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allen County 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.
Allen County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allen County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allen County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allen County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allen County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allen County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.