Best PlacesBoyce, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boyce, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boyce ranks 7,326th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boyce
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.
Boyce's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyce ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Boyce ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 43% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boyce
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyce home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,061, 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 Boyce's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boyce
Boyce runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boyce.
Who works in Boyce, and how
Work in Boyce centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Boyce
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boyce.
What the weather is like in Boyce, month by month
Boyce sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Boyce
Nashville International sits about 52 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Boyce
Schools across Boyce average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plano ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Alvaton ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Drakes Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- South Warren Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- South Warren High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Greenwood High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyce school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyce 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 Boyce against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boyce
Is Boyce a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyce ranks 7,326th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, health care access, and low crime, and lowest on cell coverage and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boyce expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $281,700. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $97,061 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Boyce safe?
Yes, Boyce is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Boyce with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyce. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyce 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.
Boyce detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyce: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyce: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyce: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyce: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyce 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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