Best PlacesHart County, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Hart County, 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.
Hart County ranks 2,903rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in Hart 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.
Hart County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hart County ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 68% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 66% of counties
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 65% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 62% of counties
Where Hart County ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 10% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Hart County
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hart County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,888, 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 Hart County's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Hart County
Hart County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hart County.
Who works in Hart County, and how
Work in Hart County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hart County
Hart County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Hart County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Hart County growing, and who is moving in?
Hart County has grown about 8% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Barren County, KY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hart County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hart County, month by month
Hart County sees roughly 71 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 Hart County
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hart County
Schools across Hart County average a D+, better than 12% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Cub Run Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Munfordville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Memorial Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caverna Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Hart County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Caverna High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hart County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hart 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 Hart County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Hart County
Is Hart County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hart County ranks 2,903rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on clean air, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on health outcomes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hart County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,606. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,888 median income, cost of living beats 18% of counties.
Is Hart County safe?
Hart County is safer than 50% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Hart County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hart County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hart 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.
Hart County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hart County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hart County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hart County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hart County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hart 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.