Best PlacesCave City, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cave City, 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.
Cave City ranks 45,686th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Cave City
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.
Cave City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cave City ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$573 a month, better than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 71% of towns
Where Cave City ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$44,956 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cave City
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cave City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,956, 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 Cave City'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 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 Cave City
Cave City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cave City.
Who works in Cave City, and how
Work in Cave City centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cave City
Cave City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cave City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cave City, month by month
Cave City sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Cave City
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 73 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cave City
Schools across Cave City average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Jackson ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Hiseville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Park City Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Barren County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Caverna Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Barren County High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Hart County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Caverna High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cave City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cave City 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 Cave City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cave City
Is Cave City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cave City ranks 45,686th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, affordable childcare, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cave City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,518. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $44,956 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Cave City safe?
Cave City is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Cave City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cave City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cave City 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.
Cave City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cave City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cave City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cave City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cave City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cave City 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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