Best PlacesGreenup County, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Greenup County, 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.
Greenup County ranks 2,222nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Greenup County
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.
The best areas in Greenup County
The parts of Greenup County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Flatwoods & Russell
More households have young kids, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Raceland
More homes sit empty and tree cover is thinner.
Greenup
South Shore
Prices have run up more and crime runs higher.
Scores across Greenup County run from about the 4th to the 84th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Greenup County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenup County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Cheap childcare$517 a month, better than 88% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of counties
Where Greenup County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 25% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Greenup County
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenup County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,863, 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 Greenup County's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greenup County
Greenup County runs older 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 Greenup County.
Who works in Greenup County, and how
Work in Greenup County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Greenup County
Greenup County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greenup County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Greenup County growing, and who is moving in?
Greenup County has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Huntington, WV metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Greenup County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Greenup County, month by month
Greenup County sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Greenup County
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenup County
Schools across Greenup County average a C, better than 32% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Russell-mcdowell Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Greysbranch Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Mckell Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russell Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Raceland-worthington Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Mckell Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Russell High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Greenup County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Raceland-worthington High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenup County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenup County 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 Greenup County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Greenup County suits
Families
Schools land around the 32nd percentile and crime safety beats 72%.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Greenup County
Is Greenup County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenup County ranks 2,222nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenup County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,797. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $61,863 median income, cost of living beats 39% of counties.
Is Greenup County safe?
Yes, Greenup County is safer than 72% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Greenup County?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 25. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Greenup County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Flatwoods & Russell, Raceland, and Greenup. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Greenup County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenup County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenup County 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.
Greenup County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenup County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenup County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenup County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenup County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenup County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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