NorthfieldKY
A town of 1,015, settled in 1965.
Is Northfield a good place to live?
The best of Northfield’s subject grades are an A+ for safety, an A for health, and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for schools. On history, just 1 of Kentucky’s 238 towns do worse. Northfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Northfield stand out
Where Northfield beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
| Widest gap | Northfield | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 18.9% |
1,015 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Northfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Northfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sons of the American Revolution and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Northfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
9 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
6 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
9 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumPhoto 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 · 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
Moving to Northfield: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Northfield, 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 Northfield.
Northfield is safer than 96% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
Of the 116 Kentucky towns we compare, none has a lower property offense rate than Northfield. No violent crime was reported in the town.
| Northfield | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Northfield has 4.7 jobs for every working resident, and 1,720 people commute in
For half of commuters, work is under 7 miles away. Northfield’s typical household income stands at $111,000, above both the Kentucky town median ($60,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 2% of working residents stay in Northfield for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Northfield shed 171 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,728.
| Northfield | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Northfield smoke cigarettes than in the typical Kentucky or U.S. town
CDC measures, 31 in all: Northfield beats Kentucky on 23 and trails on 1. Only 3 of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Northfield. The share of adults in Northfield who sleep under 7 hours is 30%, below both Kentucky’s towns (40%) and U.S. towns (36%). 15% of adults binge drink in the town.
| Northfield | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 40% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Northfield | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6% | 15.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Northfield faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Northfield, 81% come from inland flooding and 14% from tornadoes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Northfield
In Northfield, the typical July afternoon high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median rent in Northfield is higher than in most of Kentucky or the rest of the country
The share of households in Northfield who own their home: 60%.
| Northfield | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,659 a month | $934 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 60% | 59% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Northfield
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Northfield
About 2 of every 100 Northfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
Every workday, about 1,720 people come to Northfield for work
Where Northfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Northfield
City in Kentucky, United States
Northfield is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Northfield had a population of 991.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1965
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 584 ft
Questions about Northfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Northfield, KY expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $513,000, 122% 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 C−.