Best PlacesParkway Village, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkway Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Parkway Village ranks 9,159th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Parkway Village
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.
Parkway Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkway Village ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
Where Parkway Village ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parkway Village
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkway Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,099, 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 Parkway Village's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Parkway Village
Parkway Village 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 Parkway Village.
Who works in Parkway Village, and how
Work in Parkway Village centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Parkway Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Parkway Village.
What the weather is like in Parkway Village, month by month
Parkway Village sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Parkway Village
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Parkway Village
Schools across Parkway Village average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camp Taylor ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Seneca HighF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkway Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkway Village 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 Parkway Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Parkway Village
Is Parkway Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkway Village ranks 9,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkway Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,848. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $98,099 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Parkway Village safe?
Parkway Village is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $517 per resident a year.
Compare Parkway Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkway Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkway Village 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.
Parkway Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkway Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkway Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkway Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkway Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkway Village 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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