Best PlacesBloomfield, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomfield, 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.
Bloomfield ranks 27,972nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a strong job market, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bloomfield
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.
Bloomfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomfield ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 69% of towns
Where Bloomfield ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomfield
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,770, 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 Bloomfield's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Bloomfield
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield.
Who works in Bloomfield, and how
Work in Bloomfield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bloomfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bloomfield.
What the weather is like in Bloomfield, month by month
Bloomfield sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bloomfield
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bloomfield
Schools across Bloomfield average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taylorsville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- North Washington Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Coxs Creek Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spencer County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Washington County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Spencer County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Nelson County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Washington County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bloomfield
Is Bloomfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomfield ranks 27,972nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, walkability, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bloomfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,794. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $70,770 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Bloomfield safe?
Yes, Bloomfield is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Bloomfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomfield 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.
Bloomfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomfield 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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