Best PlacesLyndon, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lyndon, 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.
Lyndon ranks 14,878th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lyndon
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.
Lyndon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lyndon ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Lyndon ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lyndon
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lyndon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,233, 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 Lyndon's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lyndon
Lyndon runs younger 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 Lyndon.
Who works in Lyndon, and how
Work in Lyndon centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lyndon
Lyndon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lyndon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lyndon, month by month
Lyndon sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Lyndon
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lyndon
Schools across Lyndon average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lowe ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Bowen ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Middletown ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crosby MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Westport MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern HighB− · 43% proficient
- Waggener HighD− · 15% proficient
- The Phoenix School Of DiscoveryF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lyndon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lyndon 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 Lyndon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lyndon
Is Lyndon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lyndon ranks 14,878th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lyndon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,732. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,233 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Lyndon safe?
Lyndon is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Lyndon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lyndon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lyndon 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.
Lyndon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lyndon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lyndon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lyndon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lyndon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lyndon 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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