Best PlacesTaylorsville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Taylorsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Taylorsville ranks 13,148th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on what local pay buys, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Taylorsville
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.
Taylorsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Taylorsville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$102,536 median, better than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Taylorsville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Taylorsville
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Taylorsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,536, 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 Taylorsville's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Taylorsville
Taylorsville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Taylorsville.
Who works in Taylorsville, and how
Work in Taylorsville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Taylorsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Taylorsville.
What the weather is like in Taylorsville, month by month
Taylorsville sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Taylorsville
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Taylorsville
Schools across Taylorsville average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spencer County Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Taylorsville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Old Mill Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spencer County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mt. Washington Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Spencer County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Martha Layne Collins High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Bullitt East High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Taylorsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Taylorsville 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 Taylorsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Taylorsville
Is Taylorsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Taylorsville ranks 13,148th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, civic engagement, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Taylorsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,255. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $102,536 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Taylorsville safe?
Yes, Taylorsville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Taylorsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Taylorsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Taylorsville 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.
Taylorsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Taylorsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Taylorsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Taylorsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Taylorsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Taylorsville 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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