Best PlacesFountain Run, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fountain Run, 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.
Fountain Run ranks 38,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Fountain Run
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.
Fountain Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fountain Run ranks high
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- QuietBetter than 72% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 66% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
Where Fountain Run ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fountain Run
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fountain Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,627, 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 Fountain Run's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fountain Run
Fountain Run runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fountain Run.
Who works in Fountain Run, and how
Work in Fountain Run centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fountain Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fountain Run.
What the weather is like in Fountain Run, month by month
Fountain Run 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 Fountain Run
Nashville International sits about 57 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fountain Run
Schools across Fountain Run average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gamaliel ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Austin Tracy Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Allen County Primary CenterD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Allen County Intermediate CenterC− · 29% proficient
- Barren County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Monroe Co MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Barren County High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Allen County-scottsville High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Monroe Co HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fountain Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fountain Run 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 Fountain Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fountain Run
Is Fountain Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fountain Run ranks 38,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, quiet, and low taxes, 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 Fountain Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,535. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,627 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Fountain Run safe?
Fountain Run is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Fountain Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fountain Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fountain Run 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.
Fountain Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fountain Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fountain Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fountain Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fountain Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fountain Run 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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