Best PlacesHustonville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hustonville, 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.
Hustonville ranks 41,403rd 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 Hustonville
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.
Hustonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hustonville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 68% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 68% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 64% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 62% of towns
Where Hustonville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
- Household income$53,899 median, better than only 17% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hustonville
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hustonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,899, 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 Hustonville's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hustonville
Hustonville runs older than the country, 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 Hustonville.
Who works in Hustonville, and how
Work in Hustonville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hustonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hustonville.
What the weather is like in Hustonville, month by month
Hustonville 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 Hustonville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hustonville
Schools across Hustonville average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Jones Park ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Hustonville Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Casey County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Lincoln County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Casey County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hustonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hustonville 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 Hustonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hustonville
Is Hustonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hustonville ranks 41,403rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and low taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs 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 Hustonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,871. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $53,899 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Hustonville safe?
Yes, Hustonville is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Hustonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hustonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hustonville 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.
Hustonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hustonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hustonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hustonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hustonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hustonville 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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