12 Kentucky Towns Where Retirees Are Selling and Leaving!

In 2024, police in one small Kentucky town recorded zero violent crimes and, according to FBI data, one property crime all year. It sits on one of the prettiest lakes in the South, its homes cost less than the Kentucky median, and about three miles down the road stands a building so famous that the town's name has become shorthand for it. This countdown visits twelve Kentucky small towns with some of the lowest crime numbers in the state, with the raw counts, the home prices and one honest downside for each. Maps and charts are original to Hidden Kentucky. CHAPTERS 0:00 Zero violent crimes, one property crime 0:45 The twelve towns, and how the numbers work 2:14 #12 Williamstown (Grant County) 3:53 #11 Carrollton (Carroll County) 5:31 #10 Flatwoods (Greenup County) 7:16 #9 Wilmore (Jessamine County) 8:49 #8 Taylor Mill (Kenton County) 10:03 #7 West Liberty (Morgan County) 11:50 #6 Springfield (Washington County) 13:16 #5 Independence (Kenton County) 14:33 #4 Vine Grove (Hardin County) 15:53 #3 Providence (Webster County) 17:15 #2 Paintsville (Johnson County) 19:00 #1 Eddyville (Lyon County) 21:58 What's next SOURCES Only sources the narration itself names are listed. Add the links from your research notes before publishing. Crime counts: FBI crime data (2020–2024), as cited by SafeWise Rankings: SafeWise, "Kentucky's Safest Cities of 2026" (and earlier SafeWise reports) Statewide trend: Kentucky State Police, 2025 Median home values and the Kentucky median ($205,600): US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates Populations and median ages: US Census Bureau Quotes: the local paper (Flatwoods, 2017); the Grant County judge-executive (2017) Imagery for the fly-ins and satellite views: USDA NAIP aerial photography via the USGS National Map (public domain) CREDITS See `credits-hk05.md` (paste its full text here before publishing). Music — REQUIRED IN THE DESCRIPTION "Wallpaper", "Sidewalk Shade" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Sound effects: original, made for Hidden Kentucky.