Best PlacesLovelaceville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lovelaceville, 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.
Lovelaceville ranks 27,895th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Lovelaceville
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.
Lovelaceville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lovelaceville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 68% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 67% of towns
Where Lovelaceville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lovelaceville
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lovelaceville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,519, 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 Lovelaceville's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lovelaceville
Lovelaceville 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 Lovelaceville.
Who works in Lovelaceville, and how
Work in Lovelaceville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lovelaceville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lovelaceville.
What the weather is like in Lovelaceville, month by month
Lovelaceville sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Lovelaceville
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lovelaceville
Schools across Lovelaceville average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lone Oak Intermediate SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Heath Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Carlisle County Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heath Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Lone Oak Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Graves County Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccracken County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Graves County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Ballard Memorial High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lovelaceville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lovelaceville 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 Lovelaceville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lovelaceville
Is Lovelaceville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lovelaceville ranks 27,895th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, what local pay buys, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lovelaceville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,652. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $80,519 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Lovelaceville safe?
Yes, Lovelaceville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Lovelaceville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lovelaceville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lovelaceville 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.
Lovelaceville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lovelaceville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lovelaceville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lovelaceville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lovelaceville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lovelaceville 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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