Best PlacesLowes, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lowes, 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.
Lowes ranks 43,633rd 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 Lowes
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.
Lowes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lowes ranks high
- Cheap childcare$534 a month, better than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.5 minutes each way, better than 77% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Lowes ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Household income$47,427 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lowes
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lowes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $47,427; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lowes' effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Lowes
Lowes 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 Lowes.
Who works in Lowes, and how
Work in Lowes centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lowes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lowes.
What the weather is like in Lowes, month by month
Lowes 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 Lowes
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lowes
Schools across Lowes average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fancy Farm Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Carlisle County Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Graves County Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Carlisle County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Graves County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Carlisle County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lowes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lowes 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 Lowes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lowes
Is Lowes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lowes ranks 43,633rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lowes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,903. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $47,427 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Lowes safe?
Yes, Lowes is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
Compare Lowes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lowes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lowes 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.
Lowes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lowes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lowes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lowes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lowes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lowes 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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