Best PlacesMagan, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Magan, 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.
Magan ranks 33,327th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Magan
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.
Magan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Magan ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Magan ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Magan
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Magan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,344, 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 Magan's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Magan
Magan runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Magan.
Who works in Magan, and how
Work in Magan centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Magan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Magan.
What the weather is like in Magan, month by month
Magan sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Magan
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Magan
Schools across Magan average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitesville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Fordsville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ohio County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- College View Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Ohio County High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Daviess County High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Magan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Magan 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 Magan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Magan
Is Magan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Magan ranks 33,327th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather 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 Magan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,748. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $61,344 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Magan safe?
Magan is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $322 per resident a year.
Compare Magan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Magan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Magan 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.
Magan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Magan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Magan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Magan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Magan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Magan 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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