Best PlacesScottown, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scottown, 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.
Scottown ranks 37,135th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Scottown
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.
Scottown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scottown ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Scottown ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute34.3 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Scottown
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scottown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,712, 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 Scottown's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Scottown
Scottown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Scottown.
Who works in Scottown, and how
Work in Scottown centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Scottown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Scottown.
What the weather is like in Scottown, month by month
Scottown sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Scottown
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Scottown
Schools across Scottown average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Muhlenberg South ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
- Western Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ohio County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Muhlenberg South Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Muhlenberg North MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Ohio County High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Muhlenberg County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scottown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scottown 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 Scottown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scottown
Is Scottown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scottown ranks 37,135th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on thin health care access and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Scottown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,000. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $79,712 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Scottown safe?
Scottown is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Scottown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scottown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scottown 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.
Scottown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scottown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scottown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scottown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scottown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scottown 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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