Best PlacesHarrodsburg, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harrodsburg, 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.
Harrodsburg ranks 26,672nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on fast internet, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harrodsburg
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.
Harrodsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harrodsburg ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 75% of towns
- BikingBetter than 73% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Harrodsburg ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harrodsburg
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harrodsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,651, 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 Harrodsburg's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harrodsburg.
Who works in Harrodsburg, and how
Work in Harrodsburg 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 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Harrodsburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harrodsburg, month by month
Harrodsburg sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Harrodsburg
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harrodsburg
Schools across Harrodsburg average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perryville Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Camp Dick Robinson Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- North Washington Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boyle County Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Jessamine Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Washington County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Boyle County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Jessamine High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Mercer County Senior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harrodsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harrodsburg 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 Harrodsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harrodsburg
Is Harrodsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harrodsburg ranks 26,672nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harrodsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,088. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $66,651 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Harrodsburg safe?
Yes, Harrodsburg is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Harrodsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harrodsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harrodsburg 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.
Harrodsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harrodsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harrodsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harrodsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harrodsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harrodsburg 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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