Best PlacesMeador, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meador, 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.
Meador ranks 33,427th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Meador
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.
Meador's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meador ranks high
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of towns
Where Meador ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meador
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meador home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,301, 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 Meador's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Meador
Meador runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Meador.
Who works in Meador, and how
Work in Meador centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Meador
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meador.
What the weather is like in Meador, month by month
Meador sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Meador
Nashville International sits about 59 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Meador
Schools across Meador average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Allen County Primary CenterD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Allen County Intermediate CenterC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Allen County-scottsville High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meador school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meador 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 Meador against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meador
Is Meador a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meador ranks 33,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meador expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,300. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,301 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Meador safe?
Yes, Meador is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Meador with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meador. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meador 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.
Meador detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meador: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meador: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meador: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meador: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meador 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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