Best PlacesFloyds Knobs, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Floyds Knobs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Floyds Knobs ranks 4,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Floyds Knobs
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.
Floyds Knobs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Floyds Knobs ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,905 median, better than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Floyds Knobs ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$958 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Floyds Knobs
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floyds Knobs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,905, 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 Floyds Knobs' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Floyds Knobs
Floyds Knobs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Floyds Knobs.
Who works in Floyds Knobs, and how
Work in Floyds Knobs centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Floyds Knobs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Floyds Knobs.
What the weather is like in Floyds Knobs, month by month
Floyds Knobs sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Floyds Knobs
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Floyds Knobs
Schools across Floyds Knobs average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Floyds Knobs Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Grant Line Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- William W Borden Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Hills Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Silver Creek Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Floyd Central High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- William W Borden High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- New Albany Senior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floyds Knobs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floyds Knobs 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 Floyds Knobs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Floyds Knobs
Is Floyds Knobs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floyds Knobs ranks 4,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floyds Knobs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $373,599. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $119,905 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Floyds Knobs safe?
Yes, Floyds Knobs is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Floyds Knobs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floyds Knobs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floyds Knobs 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.
Floyds Knobs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floyds Knobs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floyds Knobs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floyds Knobs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floyds Knobs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floyds Knobs 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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