Best PlacesBigstone, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bigstone, 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.
Bigstone ranks 48,933rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bigstone
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.
Bigstone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bigstone ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
Where Bigstone ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,728 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bigstone
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bigstone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,728, 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 Bigstone's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Bigstone
Bigstone runs older 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 Bigstone.
Who works in Bigstone, and how
Work in Bigstone centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bigstone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bigstone.
What the weather is like in Bigstone, month by month
Bigstone sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bigstone
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bigstone
Schools across Bigstone average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elliott County Intermediate SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elliott County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Elliott County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bigstone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bigstone 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 Bigstone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bigstone
Is Bigstone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bigstone ranks 48,933rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and fast internet, 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 Bigstone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,500. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $41,728 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Bigstone safe?
Bigstone is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Bigstone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bigstone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bigstone 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.
Bigstone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bigstone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bigstone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bigstone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bigstone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bigstone 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.