ReidlandKY
Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky. The town, home to 5,277 people, lies in Kentucky.
Is Reidland a good place to live?
Good on most counts; one lags. Its strongest is schools: its schools rank ahead of 90% of Kentucky towns. It is strong on health as well — CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of just over two thirds of the country. What holds it back is walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $228K for a typical one, 3.6 times the Paducah metro’s $64K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of 37th of 138 in Kentucky. Set against the rest, it does better than 72% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
How Reidland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Reidland is from typical.
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What makes Reidland stand out
Where Reidland beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Reidland for work
Where Reidland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Reidland.
Reidland has less food insecurity than most of Kentucky and sends most of its workers to Paducah and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Kentucky (mostly earthquakes).
Reidland’s grade for schools is an A
The McCracken County school district runs its public schools. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 3 public schools in Reidland teach 1,126 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reidland Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 548 | C |
| Reidland Intermediate SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 228 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Very high risk in Reidland, with earthquakes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of Kentucky towns, with expected losses of about $982 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Reidland has had 16 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 38% come from earthquakes and 29% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Reidland’s working residents commute to Paducah
Reidland has 453 jobs for its 1,799 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 17.4 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky.
The mean commuting time for Reidland comes to 17 minutes. Only 2% of working residents stay in Reidland for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: in Reidland, the typical household income is $99,000, above both the Kentucky town median ($59,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000), but 7.9% of residents live below the poverty line locally.
| Reidland | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults had a checkup this year in Reidland than in most of Kentucky or the rest of the country
Its widest gap with Kentucky is food insecurity: 9.9% of its 3,533 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.5% statewide.
13% of adults binge drink in Reidland, against 14% in Kentucky’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. Among adults 18 to 64 locally, 4.6% have no health insurance. The town does better than the Kentucky average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Reidland | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Reidland | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 15.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.3% | 18.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Reidland’s year
Reidland’s peak summer temperature stands at 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reidland looks like Kentucky by age
The median household earns $99,423, against $63,726 across Kentucky, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Kentucky average. Four-year graduates: nearly a third of adults 25 and older here, 28% across Kentucky. In Reidland, 18% of residents are 65 or older.
| Reidland | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.4 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.7 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Reidland | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.9% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.5% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.2% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Reidland sell for about $225K
Homes sold in Reidland spent a median 37 days on the market. For households locally, the share who are owner-occupiers is 84%. Bidding over the asking price: a quarter of homes sold locally.
| Reidland | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,051 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Reidland
Moving to Reidland: who provides what
Reidland 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Reidland
About 5 of every 100 Reidland residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
About Reidland
Census-designated place in Kentucky, United States
Reidland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,526 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 404 ft
Questions about Reidland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Reidland, KY a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Reidland grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #37 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Reidland, KY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $228,000, 1% 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 B−.
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