Best PlacesVine Grove Junction, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vine Grove Junction, 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.
Vine Grove Junction ranks 27,917th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Vine Grove Junction
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.
Vine Grove Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vine Grove Junction ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Vine Grove Junction ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vine Grove Junction
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vine Grove Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,292, 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 Vine Grove Junction's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vine Grove Junction
Vine Grove Junction runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vine Grove Junction.
Who works in Vine Grove Junction, and how
Work in Vine Grove Junction centers on admin & support services and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Vine Grove Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vine Grove Junction.
What the weather is like in Vine Grove Junction, month by month
Vine Grove Junction sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Vine Grove Junction
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vine Grove Junction
Schools across Vine Grove Junction average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Radcliff Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- James T Alton Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- North Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Hardin High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vine Grove Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vine Grove Junction 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 Vine Grove Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vine Grove Junction
Is Vine Grove Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vine Grove Junction ranks 27,917th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vine Grove Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,041. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $78,292 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Vine Grove Junction safe?
Vine Grove Junction is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $297 per resident a year.
Compare Vine Grove Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vine Grove Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vine Grove Junction 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.
Vine Grove Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vine Grove Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vine Grove Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vine Grove Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vine Grove Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vine Grove Junction 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.
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