Best PlacesHouston Acres, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Houston Acres, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Houston Acres ranks 6,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Houston Acres
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.
Houston Acres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Houston Acres ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Houston Acres ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Houston Acres
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Houston Acres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,427, 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 Houston Acres' effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Houston Acres
Houston Acres's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Houston Acres.
Who works in Houston Acres, and how
Work in Houston Acres centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Houston Acres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Houston Acres.
What the weather is like in Houston Acres, month by month
Houston Acres sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Houston Acres
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Houston Acres
Schools across Houston Acres average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Klondike Lane ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westport MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Jeffersontown HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Houston Acres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Houston Acres 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 Houston Acres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Houston Acres
Is Houston Acres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Houston Acres ranks 6,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Houston Acres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,100. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $109,427 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Houston Acres safe?
Houston Acres is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Houston Acres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Houston Acres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Houston Acres 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.
Houston Acres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Houston Acres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Houston Acres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Houston Acres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Houston Acres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Houston Acres 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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