Best PlacesBelknap, Louisville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belknap, Louisville, 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.
Belknap, Louisville ranks 1,627th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Belknap, Louisville
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.
Belknap, Louisville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belknap, Louisville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Belknap, Louisville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 37% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Belknap, Louisville
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belknap, Louisville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $105,311; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Belknap, Louisville's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belknap, Louisville
Belknap, Louisville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belknap, Louisville.
Who works in Belknap, Louisville, and how
Work in Belknap, Louisville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Belknap, Louisville
Belknap, Louisville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Belknap, Louisville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belknap, Louisville, month by month
Belknap, Louisville sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Belknap, Louisville
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belknap, Louisville
Schools across Belknap, Louisville average a C, better than 41% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Bloom ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Hawthorne ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Atherton HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belknap, Louisville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belknap, Louisville 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 Belknap, Louisville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Belknap, Louisville
Is Belknap, Louisville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belknap, Louisville ranks 1,627th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on the weather and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belknap, Louisville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $425,906. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $105,311 median income, cost of living beats 86% of neighborhoods.
Is Belknap, Louisville safe?
Belknap, Louisville is safer than 31% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $532 per resident a year.
Compare Belknap, Louisville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belknap, Louisville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belknap, Louisville 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.
Belknap, Louisville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belknap, Louisville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belknap, Louisville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belknap, Louisville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belknap, Louisville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belknap, Louisville 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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