FarleyKY
A town of 4,458.
Is Farley a good place to live?
Farley gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $86K, 1.3 years of the Paducah metro’s $64K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 65th of 138 in Kentucky. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, its schools outperform 90% of the state's. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Farley, above both the Kentucky town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 12 of Kentucky’s 238 towns score lower on the outdoors.
96% of working residents leave Farley for work
Where Farley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Farley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Farley is from typical.
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Moving to Farley: who provides what
Farley is unincorporated, so McCracken County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Farley.
Farley has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Kentucky (mostly inland flooding) and has poverty well above the Kentucky rate.
Farley stands out in Kentucky and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes
17% of adults have diabetes in Farley. Among 141 Kentucky towns, just 1 have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Farley. 46% of adults have high blood pressure in Farley.
| Farley | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Farley | KY |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.6% | 4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA risk score in Farley is higher than in most of Kentucky or the rest of the country
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Kentucky towns, with expected losses of about $1,673 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Among 141 Kentucky towns, just 2 have a higher FEMA risk score than Farley. Since 1996, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Farley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Farley’s working residents commute to Paducah
The average commute for its 1,714 working residents takes 17.1 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky.
Most working residents leave Farley for work: only 4% work in town. Farley’s average trip to work is 17 minutes. The top destinations are Paducah (48%), Calvert City (4%) and Mayfield (2%).
| Farley | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Farley has four seasons and hot summers
Farley has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Farley is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Farley sells for about $190K at the median
At 1.3 years of the Paducah metro’s $64K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other Kentucky town; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $551, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
75% of Farley households own their home.
| Farley | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $759 a month | $937 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Farley
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Farley
About 2 of every 100 Farley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
About Farley
Census-designated place in Kentucky, United States
Farley is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,374 as of the 2020 census, down from 4,701 in 2010. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area was listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as Woodlawn-Oakdale starting with the 1980 census and as Farley starting with the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 6.1 sq mi
Farley’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Farley.
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Questions about Farley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Farley, KY a good place to live?
Farley grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #65 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades D− for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Farley, KY expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $86,000, 63% below the Kentucky typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.