Best PlacesVanderburg, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vanderburg, 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.
Vanderburg ranks 46,187th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Vanderburg
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.
Vanderburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vanderburg ranks high
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$645 a month, better than 74% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 60% of towns
Where Vanderburg ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$49,307 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vanderburg
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vanderburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,307, 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 Vanderburg's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Vanderburg
Vanderburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vanderburg.
Who works in Vanderburg, and how
Work in Vanderburg centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vanderburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vanderburg.
What the weather is like in Vanderburg, month by month
Vanderburg sees roughly 63 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 Vanderburg
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vanderburg
Schools across Vanderburg average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dixon Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- West Hopkins SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Providence Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Webster County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vanderburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vanderburg 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 Vanderburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vanderburg
Is Vanderburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vanderburg ranks 46,187th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on biking and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vanderburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,056. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $49,307 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Vanderburg safe?
Vanderburg is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Vanderburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vanderburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vanderburg 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.
Vanderburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vanderburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vanderburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vanderburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vanderburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vanderburg 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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