Best PlacesHunters Hlw, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunters Hlw, 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.
Hunters Hlw ranks 39,322nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hunters Hlw
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.
Hunters Hlw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunters Hlw ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$667 a month, better than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 63% of towns
- BikingBetter than 63% of towns
Where Hunters Hlw ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunters Hlw
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunters Hlw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,137, 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 Hunters Hlw's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hunters Hlw
Hunters Hlw runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Hunters Hlw.
Who works in Hunters Hlw, and how
Work in Hunters Hlw centers on admin & support services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hunters Hlw
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunters Hlw.
What the weather is like in Hunters Hlw, month by month
Hunters Hlw sees roughly 54 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 Hunters Hlw
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunters Hlw
Schools across Hunters Hlw average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shepherdsville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Nichols ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bullitt Lick Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Bullitt Central High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunters Hlw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunters Hlw 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 Hunters Hlw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunters Hlw
Is Hunters Hlw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunters Hlw ranks 39,322nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and low taxes, 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 Hunters Hlw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,407. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $72,137 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Hunters Hlw safe?
Hunters Hlw is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Hunters Hlw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunters Hlw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunters Hlw 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.
Hunters Hlw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunters Hlw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunters Hlw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunters Hlw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunters Hlw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunters Hlw 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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