Best PlacesFairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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.
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington ranks 2,907th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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.
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$797 a month, better than 89% of neighborhoods
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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 26% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC−, better than only 29% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 34% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,578, 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington runs younger 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington.
Who works in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington, and how
Work in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington, month by month
Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
Schools across Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington average a C−, better than 29% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ashland Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Morton Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Crawford Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington
Is Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington ranks 2,907th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, 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 Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,487. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $66,578 median income, cost of living beats 56% of neighborhoods.
Is Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington safe?
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington is safer than 26% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $579 per resident a year.
Compare Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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.
Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairway-Liberty Heights, Lexington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairway-Liberty Heights, 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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