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Ranked · Buying a home · Kentucky

Best cities for buying a home in Kentucky

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Henderson, KY28k residents

    81/100

    median home price: $160,100 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: -0.6%

  2. 2.Paducah, KY27k residents

    79/100

    median home price: $165,300 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: -1.0%

  3. 3.Frankfort, KY29k residents

    77/100

    median home price: $183,700 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: -2.0%

  4. 4.Hopkinsville, KY31k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $172,100 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: +0.6%

  5. 5.Covington, KY41k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $187,300 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  6. 6.Owensboro, KY60k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $178,900 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: +2.5%

  7. 7.Elizabethtown, KY33k residents

    65/100

    median home price: $245,900 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: -2.3%

  8. 8.Florence, KY33k residents

    64/100

    median home price: $210,700 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  9. 9.Richmond, KY37k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $214,900 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: +1.7%

  10. 10.Nicholasville, KY32k residents

    59/100

    median home price: $226,800 · property tax rate: 0.83% · home price yoy: +3.2%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Kentucky?
Henderson, KY ranks first with a fit score of 81/100, followed by Paducah (79) and Frankfort (77), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.