Best PlacesPreachersville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Preachersville, 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.
Preachersville ranks 47,330th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Preachersville
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.
Preachersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Preachersville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 66% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 66% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 62% of towns
Where Preachersville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$46,040 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Preachersville
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Preachersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,040, 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 Preachersville's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Preachersville
Preachersville runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Preachersville.
Who works in Preachersville, and how
Work in Preachersville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Preachersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Preachersville.
What the weather is like in Preachersville, month by month
Preachersville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Preachersville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Preachersville
Schools across Preachersville average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lancaster Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Paint Lick Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Crab Orchard Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Garrard Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Lincoln County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Garrard County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Preachersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Preachersville 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 Preachersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Preachersville
Is Preachersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Preachersville ranks 47,330th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Preachersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,859. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $46,040 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Preachersville safe?
Preachersville is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Preachersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Preachersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Preachersville 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.
Preachersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Preachersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Preachersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Preachersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Preachersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Preachersville 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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