Best PlacesVento, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vento, 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.
Vento ranks 45,103rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Vento
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.
Vento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vento ranks high
- Cheap childcare$659 a month, better than 72% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 66% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 62% of towns
Where Vento ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$52,348 median, better than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vento
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,348, 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 Vento's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Vento
Vento runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vento.
Who works in Vento, and how
Work in Vento 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 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vento
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vento.
What the weather is like in Vento, month by month
Vento sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Vento
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vento
Schools across Vento average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Creekside Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Bonnieville Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hardin Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Hardin High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Hart County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vento 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 Vento against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vento
Is Vento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vento ranks 45,103rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, civic engagement, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access 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 Vento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,120. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $52,348 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Vento safe?
Yes, Vento is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Vento with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vento 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.
Vento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vento 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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