Best PlacesBeechwood Village, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beechwood Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beechwood Village ranks 12,018th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beechwood Village
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Beechwood Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beechwood Village ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Beechwood Village ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beechwood Village
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beechwood Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,063, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Beechwood Village's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beechwood Village
Beechwood Village runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beechwood Village.
Who works in Beechwood Village, and how
Work in Beechwood Village centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Beechwood Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beechwood Village.
What the weather is like in Beechwood Village, month by month
Beechwood Village sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Beechwood Village
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beechwood Village
Schools across Beechwood Village average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lowe ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Chenoweth ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westport MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Waggener HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beechwood Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beechwood Village measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Beechwood Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beechwood Village
Is Beechwood Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beechwood Village ranks 12,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beechwood Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,782. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $86,063 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Beechwood Village safe?
Beechwood Village is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Beechwood Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beechwood Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beechwood Village represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Beechwood Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beechwood Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beechwood Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beechwood Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beechwood Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beechwood Village detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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