Is Heritage Creek a good place to live?
Heritage Creek’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for health; its weakest is a D for walkability. No town in Kentucky scores lower than Heritage Creek on history. Heritage Creek's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Heritage Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Heritage Creek stand out
Where Heritage Creek beats most towns.
1,244 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Heritage Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Heritage Creek is from typical.
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United States Bullion Depository and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Heritage Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository14 mi MuseumSons of the American Revolution
10 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
11 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
14 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
14 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! CenterPhoto credits
United States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Heritage Creek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Heritage Creek, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Heritage Creek.
On CDC estimates, Heritage Creek is healthier than 78% of U.S. towns
Heritage Creek: nearly one in ten adults worry about having enough food, below both Kentucky’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (14%). In Heritage Creek, 15% of adults report frequent mental distress.
| Heritage Creek | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Heritage Creek | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 18.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Heritage Creek than in most of Kentucky or the rest of the country
Only 5 of the 143 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Heritage Creek. This Kentucky town had 49 jobs in 2023, up 26 from 2013. Its average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both the Kentucky town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). For Heritage Creek, the typical household income is $100,000.
| Heritage Creek | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Heritage Creek: four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 25° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 15 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Less crime per resident in Heritage Creek than in 64% of U.S. towns
In Heritage Creek, the violent crime rate is 0.8 per 1,000 residents. Heritage Creek’s property offense rate stands at 12 per 1,000 residents.
| Heritage Creek | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The biggest natural risk in Heritage Creek is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Expected losses in Heritage Creek break down as 52% from inland flooding and 34% from tornadoes. Heritage Creek’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 37 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More children than Kentucky overall
Heritage Creek has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 1,244 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Children under 18 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). Among residents locally, 14% are 65 or older. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Kentucky.
| Heritage Creek | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 76 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.4 points). Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Heritage Creek | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.9% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.6% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.8% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.6% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
More of Heritage Creek’s households live in a home they own than in the typical Kentucky or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Heritage Creek
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Heritage Creek
About 6 of every 100 Heritage Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
Heritage Creek has grown 16% since 2010
1,076 counted in 2010 and 1,209 in 2020; an estimated 1,244 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Heritage Creek
City in Kentucky, United States
Heritage Creek is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Heritage Creek had a population of 1,209.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1960
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 469 ft
Questions about Heritage Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Heritage Creek, KY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $271,000, 17% above 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 B−.