Best PlacesPatesville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Patesville, 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.
Patesville ranks 25,271st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Patesville
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.
Patesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Patesville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Patesville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Patesville
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Patesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,272, 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 Patesville's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Patesville
Patesville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Patesville.
Who works in Patesville, and how
Work in Patesville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Patesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Patesville.
What the weather is like in Patesville, month by month
Patesville sees roughly 62 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 Patesville
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Patesville
Schools across Patesville average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardinsburg Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- South Hancock Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Breckinridge County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hancock County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Hancock County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Breckinridge County High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Patesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Patesville 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 Patesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Patesville
Is Patesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Patesville ranks 25,271st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on cell coverage and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Patesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,904. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $72,272 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Patesville safe?
Yes, Patesville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Patesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Patesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Patesville 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.
Patesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Patesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Patesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Patesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Patesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Patesville 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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