Best PlacesBroughtentown, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Broughtentown, 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.
Broughtentown ranks 41,203rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Broughtentown
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.
Broughtentown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Broughtentown ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 62% of towns
Where Broughtentown ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Broughtentown
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Broughtentown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,407, 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 Broughtentown's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Broughtentown
Broughtentown runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Broughtentown.
Who works in Broughtentown, and how
Work in Broughtentown centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Broughtentown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Broughtentown.
What the weather is like in Broughtentown, month by month
Broughtentown sees roughly 75 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 Broughtentown
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Broughtentown
Schools across Broughtentown average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Highland Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Crab Orchard Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Waynesburg Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln County High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Broughtentown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Broughtentown 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 Broughtentown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Broughtentown
Is Broughtentown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Broughtentown ranks 41,203rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Broughtentown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,767. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $69,407 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Broughtentown safe?
Yes, Broughtentown is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Broughtentown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Broughtentown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Broughtentown 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.
Broughtentown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Broughtentown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Broughtentown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Broughtentown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Broughtentown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Broughtentown 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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