Best PlacesVersailles, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Versailles, 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.
Versailles ranks 11,229th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Versailles
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.
Versailles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Versailles ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
Where Versailles ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Versailles
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Versailles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,945, 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 Versailles' effective rate of 0.72%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Versailles
Versailles runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Versailles.
Who works in Versailles, and how
Work in Versailles centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Versailles
Versailles has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Versailles and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Versailles, month by month
Versailles sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 67° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Versailles
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Versailles
Schools across Versailles average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southside Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Northside Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Huntertown Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodford County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- West Jessamine Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Anderson County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- West Jessamine High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Woodford County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Anderson County High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Versailles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Versailles 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 Versailles against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Versailles suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 71% of towns and health care access beats 62%.
Common questions about living in Versailles
Is Versailles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Versailles ranks 11,229th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Versailles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,852. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,945 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Versailles safe?
Versailles is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Versailles?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 27. That works out to about 104 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of towns.
Is Versailles good for families?
Schools beat 56% of towns, crime safety beats 50%, and childcare runs $670 a month.
Compare Versailles with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Versailles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Versailles 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.
Versailles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Versailles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Versailles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Versailles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Versailles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Versailles 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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