Best PlacesCroakes, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Croakes, 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.
Croakes ranks 17,602nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on health care access, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Croakes
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.
Croakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Croakes ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
Where Croakes ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Croakes
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Croakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,680, 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 Croakes' effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Croakes
Croakes's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Croakes.
Who works in Croakes, and how
Work in Croakes centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Croakes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Croakes.
What the weather is like in Croakes, month by month
Croakes sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Croakes
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Croakes
Schools across Croakes average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington County Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Foster Heights Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Old Kentucky Home Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Nelson County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Washington County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Croakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Croakes 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 Croakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Croakes
Is Croakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Croakes ranks 17,602nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Croakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,511. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $86,680 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Croakes safe?
Yes, Croakes is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Croakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Croakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Croakes 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.
Croakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Croakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Croakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Croakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Croakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Croakes 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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