Best PlacesCane Valley, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cane Valley, 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.
Cane Valley ranks 40,959th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cane Valley
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.
Cane Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cane Valley ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Short commute24.8 minutes each way, better than 64% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 63% of towns
Where Cane Valley ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cane Valley
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cane Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,329, 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 Cane Valley's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Cane Valley
Cane Valley 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 Cane Valley.
Who works in Cane Valley, and how
Work in Cane Valley centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cane Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cane Valley.
What the weather is like in Cane Valley, month by month
Cane Valley sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Cane Valley
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cane Valley
Schools across Cane Valley average a D+, better than 20% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Adair County Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Adair County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cane Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cane Valley 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 Cane Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cane Valley
Is Cane Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cane Valley ranks 40,959th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cane Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,115. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $66,329 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Cane Valley safe?
Cane Valley is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Cane Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cane Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cane Valley 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.
Cane Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cane Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cane Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cane Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cane Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cane Valley 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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