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A town of 6,582, settled in 1909. Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky.
Crestwood's standout: its schools outperform 97% of the state's. Overall it grades A, 19th among Kentucky's 138 graded towns. The median household earns $108K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. 47% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Crestwood, above both Kentucky’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%). Crestwood has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Albert E. Clore House and Waldeck Farm. Only one of the 119 Kentucky towns we compare has a higher typical home value than Crestwood.
Where Crestwood beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Kenwood Station Elementary School | K–5 | 626 |
| Crestwood Elementary School | K–5 | 538 |
| Camden Station Elementary School | K–5 | 475 |
| Widest gap | Crestwood | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 18.9% |
4,531 counted in 2010 and 6,183 in 2020; an estimated 6,582 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.7% since 2020, after 36.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Crestwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 531 in 1980, 6,183 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1932 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crestwood. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
15 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
18 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
16 mi MuseumMuhammad Ali CenterKentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Muhammad Ali Center: The original uploader was Stevietheman at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crestwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Crestwood.
Crestwood has schools in the top 5% of Kentucky and has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Kentucky.
At 6.6 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home (about $485K) costs more against local pay than in 97% of Kentucky towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,759, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Crestwood spent a median 24 days on the market. Home values are up 2.6% over the year to September 2026. The share of households in Crestwood who own their home: 77%.
| Crestwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 77% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,188 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade ranks #4 of the 139 Kentucky towns we grade for schools.
Three of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is South Oldham High School, with 1,304 students. Its public schools are run by the Oldham County school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Oldham Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 848 | A |
| South Oldham High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,304 | A |
| Kenwood Station Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 626 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 6.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
Among adults in Crestwood, 7.5% worry about having enough food. Two figures for adults here: 14% say their health is fair or poor, 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Crestwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 27% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Crestwood | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 1,190 in 2013 to 1,613.
The top destinations are Louisville (20%), Jeffersontown (6%) and Buckner (5%). For most workers, Crestwood is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. In Crestwood, 8.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Crestwood grew to 1,613 in 2023, 423 more than in 2013.
| Crestwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 24.2°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 80% of Kentucky places with climate records; July afternoons average 86.8°.
About 15 inches of snow falls in a winter. Its July high stands at 87°F.
| Crestwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 87°F | 87°F | 85°F |
| January low | 24°F | 25°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Crestwood break down as 43% from inland flooding and 32% from tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Crestwood households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2025. Also worth knowing: the town’s FEMA risk score stands at 40 of 100.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 0 of its 2,592 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Crestwood itself; its outdoors grade is D.
The biggest park or preserve is Maples Park, at 23 acres. Walkers can cover 0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The density of trails for Crestwood comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maples Park | 0.4 mi | 23 |
| 2. Veterans Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
6 within 15 miles of the center of Crestwood
About 5 of every 100 Crestwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
Where Crestwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in the United States
Crestwood is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States just outside Louisville's Northeast End. The population was 6,183 as of the 2020 census. CNN listed it as the 52nd best place to live in America in 2005. The area was first settled in the early 19th century, and the town was established as Beard's Station in 1857. In 1909, the town was renamed to Crestwood.
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One town shares a border with Crestwood.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | #19 | A | C | — | A+ | A− |
| Pewee Valley | — | — | C− | A+ | A+ | B+ |
Pewee Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Crestwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Crestwood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Crestwood grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #19 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A− for health and A+ for schools.
That is 6.6 years of the area's median household income ($73,863 across the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
