Best PlacesBeech Grove, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beech Grove, 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.
Beech Grove ranks 14,162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Beech Grove
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.
Beech Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beech Grove ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$107,665 median, better than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Beech Grove ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beech Grove
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beech Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,665, 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 Beech Grove's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Beech Grove
Beech Grove's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beech Grove.
Who works in Beech Grove, and how
Work in Beech Grove centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Beech Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beech Grove.
What the weather is like in Beech Grove, month by month
Beech Grove sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Beech Grove
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beech Grove
Schools across Beech Grove average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calhoun Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mclean County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Mclean County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beech Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beech Grove
Is Beech Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beech Grove ranks 14,162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and high incomes, and lowest on internet speeds and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beech Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,900. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $107,665 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Beech Grove safe?
Yes, Beech Grove is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
Compare Beech Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beech Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beech Grove 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.
Beech Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beech Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beech Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beech Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beech Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beech Grove 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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