Best PlacesLacon, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lacon, 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.
Lacon ranks 19,234th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lacon
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.
Lacon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lacon ranks high
- Short commute15.0 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of towns
Where Lacon ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lacon
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lacon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,383, 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 Lacon's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lacon
Lacon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lacon.
Who works in Lacon, and how
Work in Lacon centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Lacon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lacon.
What the weather is like in Lacon, month by month
Lacon sees roughly 59 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° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Lacon
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lacon
Schools across Lacon average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hardin Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Hardin High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lacon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lacon 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 Lacon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lacon
Is Lacon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lacon ranks 19,234th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, a strong job market, and a stable housing market, and lowest on biking and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lacon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $88,383 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Lacon safe?
Yes, Lacon is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Lacon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lacon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lacon 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.
Lacon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lacon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lacon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lacon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lacon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lacon 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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