Best PlacesChevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington, 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.
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington ranks 1,315th 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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
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.
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$797 a month, better than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC−, better than only 37% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 38% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
A household needs to earn about $173,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,914, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington 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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington.
Who works in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington, and how
Work in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington.
What the weather is like in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington, month by month
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
Schools across Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington average a C−, better than 37% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Morton Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington 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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington
Is Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington ranks 1,315th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and cell coverage, 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 Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $661,659. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $104,914 median income, cost of living beats 89% of neighborhoods.
Is Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington safe?
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington is safer than 36% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $499 per resident a year.
Compare Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington 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.
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chevy Chase-Ashland Park, Lexington 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.
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