Best PlacesMac, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mac, 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.
Mac ranks 34,348th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mac
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.
Mac's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mac ranks high
- Cheap childcare$470 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
Where Mac ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mac
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mac home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,198, 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 Mac's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Mac
Mac's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mac.
Who works in Mac, and how
Work in Mac 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 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mac
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mac.
What the weather is like in Mac, month by month
Mac sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Mac
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mac
Schools across Mac average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Green County Intermediate SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Taylor County Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Green County Middle SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Taylor County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Green County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Taylor County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mac school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mac 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 Mac against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mac
Is Mac a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mac ranks 34,348th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, heat safety, and low property taxes, and lowest on empty homes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mac expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,610. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $62,198 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Mac safe?
Mac is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Mac with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mac. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mac 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.
Mac detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mac: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mac: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mac: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mac: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mac 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.