The charming city is less than an hour away from Louisville.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A charming city in Kentucky was recently found to be one of the best places to live in America in 2026.
U.S. News & World Report ranked 250 major cities to find the best places to live, and Elizabethtown, Ky. claimed the #127 spot.
Elizabethtown was also named the #1 best places to live in Kentucky and the #71 best place to retire.
Located less than an hour south of Louisville, about 32,679 people live in Elizabethtown with a median age of 36.8.
The median household income in Elizabethtown is $60,366, and the average commute time is about 17.0 minutes. The unemployment rate is 5.01%.
If you want to buy a house in Elizabethtown, the median home value is $254,813. If you’re a renter, you can expect the median rent here to be $774.
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Lexington (158) was the only other Kentucky city to make the list of the 250 best cities in the U.S.
Nearby Indiana claimed eight spots of U.S. News & World Report’s ranking, including the top two spots.
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Click here to see the full U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best places to live in the U.S.
