Vine GroveKY
Is Vine Grove a good place to live?
Vine Grove grades C overall, 79th among Kentucky's 138 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 89% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $262K, 3.9 years of the Elizabethtown metro’s $68K median household income. Only 21 of Kentucky’s 237 towns score lower on walkability. Vine Grove has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Clarkson House and Jesse and Simon White House. Only 5 of the 115 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower property crime rate than Vine Grove.
What makes Vine Grove stand out
Where Vine Grove beats most towns.
Vine Grove has grown 55% since 2010
4,520 counted in 2010 and 6,559 in 2020; an estimated 7,018 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.8% since 2020, after 45.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Vine Grove grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Vine Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Vine Grove: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Vine Grove, 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 Vine Grove.
Vine Grove looks healthier within Kentucky than nationally, sends most of its workers to Elizabethtown and beyond and sees little violent crime.
For safety, Vine Grove earns an A
Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
Vine Grove’s violent crime rate is 0.9 per 1,000 residents, near the Kentucky town median (1.3) and below the median of U.S. towns (1.6).
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On state tests, Vine Grove’s schools trail 63% of Kentucky districts
Its public schools are run by the Hardin County school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| James T Alton Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 612 | B+ |
| North Hardin Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 492 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Vine Grove
Vine Grove has 422 jobs for its 2,494 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Vine Grove for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Vine Grove has added 154 jobs, to 422 in 2023. Vine Grove’s average trip to work is 25 minutes, above Kentucky’s towns (22 minutes) and close to U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Vine Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For health, Vine Grove earns a C
Within Kentucky it is healthier than 54% of the 141 graded towns: much of Kentucky scores lower on these measures.
44% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Vine Grove. Vine Grove beats the Kentucky average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 41% of adults have obesity in Vine Grove.
| Vine Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 40% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Vine Grove | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.1% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.8% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Vine Grove, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Vine Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Vine Grove, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Vine Grove has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 5 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For cost of living, Vine Grove earns a C+
The median rent in Vine Grove is $1,334 a month. The typical Vine Grove home is worth about $262,000, down 3.2% in a year, 14% above the Kentucky typical home.
| Vine Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,334 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 59% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
More children than Kentucky overall
Children under 18 are 27% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (17% statewide). Vine Grove has grown 6.8% since 2020, to 7,018 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Kentucky.
| Vine Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.4 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Vine Grove | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.6% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.6% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.5% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
United States Bullion Depository and 31 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vine Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
Big draw37 mi National ParkMammoth Cave National Park661K visitors a year33 mi MuseumSons of the American Revolution
23 mi National Historical ParkAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park213K visitors a year
30 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
30 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumPhoto credits
United States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mammoth Cave National Park: Willis Thomas Lee, Public domain · Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park: Jamie from Toronto, ON, CC BY 2.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Vine Grove
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Vine Grove
About 7 of every 100 Vine Grove residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
98% of working residents leave Vine Grove for work
Where Vine Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Vine Grove
City in Kentucky, United States
Vine Grove is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 6,559 as of the 2020 Census, up from 4,520 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Elizabethtown-Fort–Fort Knox Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
- ZIP code
- 40175
Vine Grove’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Vine Grove.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine Grove | #79 | C | C+ | A | C+ | C |
| Radcliff | #121 | C− | B+ | C | C+ | D |
Questions about Vine Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vine Grove, KY a good place to live?
Vine Grove grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #79 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades C for health, A for safety and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Vine Grove, KY expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.