Best PlacesAllensville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allensville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Allensville ranks 38,042nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Allensville
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.
Allensville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allensville ranks high
- Short commute22.2 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Cheap childcare$600 a month, better than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 65% of towns
Where Allensville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allensville
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allensville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,450, 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 Allensville's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allensville
Allensville'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 Allensville.
Who works in Allensville, and how
Work in Allensville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Allensville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allensville.
What the weather is like in Allensville, month by month
Allensville sees roughly 64 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° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Allensville
Nashville International sits about 48 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 Allensville
Schools across Allensville average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Olmstead Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- South Todd Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Todd County Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Logan County High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Todd County Central High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allensville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allensville 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 Allensville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allensville
Is Allensville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allensville ranks 38,042nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allensville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,880. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $68,450 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Allensville safe?
Allensville is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Allensville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allensville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allensville 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.
Allensville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allensville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allensville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allensville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allensville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allensville 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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