Best PlacesBeulah Heights, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beulah Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beulah Heights ranks 47,102nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beulah Heights
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.
Beulah Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Beulah Heights ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Beulah Heights ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beulah Heights
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beulah Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,767, 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 Beulah Heights' effective rate of 0.50%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beulah Heights
Beulah Heights's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beulah Heights.
Who works in Beulah Heights, and how
Work in Beulah Heights centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Beulah Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beulah Heights.
What the weather is like in Beulah Heights, month by month
Beulah Heights sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Beulah Heights
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beulah Heights
Schools across Beulah Heights average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitley City Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mccreary County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccreary Central High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beulah Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beulah Heights 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 Beulah Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beulah Heights
Is Beulah Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beulah Heights ranks 47,102nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on thin health care access and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beulah Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,386. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $50,767 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Beulah Heights safe?
Beulah Heights is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Beulah Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beulah Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beulah Heights 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.
Beulah Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beulah Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beulah Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beulah Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beulah Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beulah Heights 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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