Best PlacesCadiz, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cadiz, 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.
Cadiz ranks 37,595th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Cadiz
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.
Cadiz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cadiz ranks high
- Cheap childcare$591 a month, better than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
Where Cadiz ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Household income$57,144 median, better than only 22% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cadiz
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cadiz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,144, 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 Cadiz's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Cadiz
Cadiz 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 Cadiz.
Who works in Cadiz, and how
Work in Cadiz centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cadiz
Cadiz has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cadiz and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cadiz, month by month
Cadiz sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Cadiz
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cadiz
Schools across Cadiz average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Stewart ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Trigg County Intermediate SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trigg County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Caldwell County Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Stewart Co High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Caldwell County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Trigg County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cadiz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cadiz 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 Cadiz against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cadiz
Is Cadiz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cadiz ranks 37,595th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and walkability, and lowest on health outcomes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cadiz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,633. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $57,144 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Cadiz safe?
Yes, Cadiz is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Cadiz with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cadiz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cadiz 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.
Cadiz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cadiz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cadiz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cadiz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cadiz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cadiz 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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