Best PlacesHarned, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harned, 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.
Harned ranks 40,801st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Harned
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.
Harned's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harned ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- QuietBetter than 68% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 66% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 60% of towns
Where Harned ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$55,364 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harned
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harned home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,364, 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 Harned's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harned
Harned runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harned.
Who works in Harned, and how
Work in Harned centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Harned
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harned.
What the weather is like in Harned, month by month
Harned sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Harned
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harned
Schools across Harned average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardinsburg Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Irvington Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Custer Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Breckinridge County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Breckinridge County High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harned school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harned 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 Harned against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harned
Is Harned a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harned ranks 40,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, 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 Harned expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,037. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $55,364 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Harned safe?
Harned is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Harned with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harned. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harned 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.
Harned detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harned: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harned: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harned: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harned: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harned 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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