Best PlacesPleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, 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.
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville ranks 5,085th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
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.
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$939 a month, better than 70% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 65% of neighborhoods
Where Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,897, 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 Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville.
Who works in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, and how
Work in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville.
What the weather is like in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, month by month
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville 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 Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
Schools across Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville average a D−, better than 6% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Eisenhower ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Johnsontown Road ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Layne ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Farnsley MiddleD · 23% proficient
- Conway MiddleF · 10% proficient
- Stuart AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley HighD− · 15% proficient
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighD− · 14% proficient
- Doss HighF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville 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 Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville
Is Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville ranks 5,085th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and low taxes, 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 Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,347. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,897 median income, cost of living beats 51% of neighborhoods.
Is Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville safe?
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville is safer than 14% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $703 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville 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.
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville 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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