Best PlacesBoyle County, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Boyle County, 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.
Boyle County ranks 1,592nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on transit, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boyle County
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.
Boyle County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyle County ranks high
- TransitBetter than 86% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of counties
- BikingBetter than 74% of counties
Where Boyle County ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 17% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 29% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Boyle County
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyle County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,437, 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 Boyle County's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Boyle County
Boyle County's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Boyle County.
Who works in Boyle County, and how
Work in Boyle County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Boyle County
Boyle County has more parkland per resident than 75% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Boyle County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Boyle County growing, and who is moving in?
Boyle County has grown about 5% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Lexington, KY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Boyle County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Boyle County, month by month
Boyle County sees roughly 72 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 | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Boyle County
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boyle County
Schools across Boyle County average a C+, better than 54% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Perryville Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Junction City Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boyle County Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- John W. Bate Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Boyle County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Danville High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyle County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyle County 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 Boyle County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Boyle County suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 55%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Boyle County
Is Boyle County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyle County ranks 1,592nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on transit, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boyle County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,481. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $65,437 median income, cost of living beats 52% of counties.
Is Boyle County safe?
Yes, Boyle County is safer than 55% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Boyle County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 27. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 23% of counties.
Is Boyle County good for families?
Schools beat 54% of counties, crime safety beats 55%, and childcare runs $785 a month.
Compare Boyle County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyle County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyle County 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.
Boyle County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyle County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyle County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyle County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyle County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyle County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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