Best PlacesSweeden, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sweeden, 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.
Sweeden ranks 29,126th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Sweeden
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.
Sweeden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sweeden ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
Where Sweeden ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sweeden
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sweeden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,449, 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 Sweeden's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sweeden
Sweeden's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sweeden.
Who works in Sweeden, and how
Work in Sweeden centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Sweeden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sweeden.
What the weather is like in Sweeden, month by month
Sweeden sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Sweeden
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sweeden
Schools across Sweeden average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kyrock Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edmonson County 5/6 CenterC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Edmonson County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sweeden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sweeden 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 Sweeden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sweeden
Is Sweeden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sweeden ranks 29,126th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low crime, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sweeden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,759. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $60,449 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Sweeden safe?
Yes, Sweeden is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Sweeden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sweeden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sweeden 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.
Sweeden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sweeden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sweeden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sweeden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sweeden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sweeden 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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