Best PlacesFreedom, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Freedom, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Freedom ranks 46,891st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Freedom
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.
Freedom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Freedom ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Freedom ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,690 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Freedom
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Freedom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $35,690, 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 Freedom's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Freedom
Freedom runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Freedom.
Who works in Freedom, and how
Work in Freedom centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Freedom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Freedom.
What the weather is like in Freedom, month by month
Freedom sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Freedom
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 82 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Freedom
Schools across Freedom average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jamestown Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russell County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Russell County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Freedom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Freedom 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 Freedom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Freedom
Is Freedom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Freedom ranks 46,891st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and short commutes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Freedom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $107,700. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $35,690 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Freedom safe?
Freedom is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Freedom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Freedom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Freedom 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.
Freedom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Freedom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Freedom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Freedom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Freedom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Freedom 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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