Best PlacesBoons Camp, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boons Camp, 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.
Boons Camp ranks 43,692nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boons Camp
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.
Boons Camp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boons Camp ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 69% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Boons Camp ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,926 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boons Camp
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boons Camp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,926, 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 Boons Camp's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Boons Camp
Boons Camp 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 Boons Camp.
Who works in Boons Camp, and how
Work in Boons Camp centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Boons Camp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boons Camp.
What the weather is like in Boons Camp, month by month
Boons Camp sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Boons Camp
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 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boons Camp
Schools across Boons Camp average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Porter Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Eden Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnson County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Paintsville High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Martin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Johnson Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boons Camp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boons Camp 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 Boons Camp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boons Camp
Is Boons Camp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boons Camp ranks 43,692nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and clean air, and lowest on car insurance costs and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boons Camp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,260. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $45,926 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Boons Camp safe?
Boons Camp is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Boons Camp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boons Camp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boons Camp 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.
Boons Camp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boons Camp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boons Camp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boons Camp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boons Camp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boons Camp 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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