Best PlacesWrightsburg, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrightsburg, 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.
Wrightsburg ranks 17,697th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Wrightsburg
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.
Wrightsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrightsburg ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$103,727 median, better than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Wrightsburg ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrightsburg
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrightsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,727, 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 Wrightsburg's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Wrightsburg
Wrightsburg's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wrightsburg.
Who works in Wrightsburg, and how
Work in Wrightsburg centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wrightsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wrightsburg.
What the weather is like in Wrightsburg, month by month
Wrightsburg sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Wrightsburg
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wrightsburg
Schools across Wrightsburg average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calhoun Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Sebree Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mclean County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Webster County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Mclean County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Webster County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrightsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrightsburg 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 Wrightsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrightsburg
Is Wrightsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrightsburg ranks 17,697th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and low crime, 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 Wrightsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,150. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $103,727 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Wrightsburg safe?
Yes, Wrightsburg is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Wrightsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrightsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrightsburg 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.
Wrightsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrightsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrightsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrightsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrightsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrightsburg 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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