Best PlacesBurkesville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burkesville, 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.
Burkesville ranks 42,073rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Burkesville
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.
Burkesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burkesville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$441 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Burkesville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,584 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burkesville
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burkesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,584, 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 Burkesville's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burkesville
Burkesville 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 Burkesville.
Who works in Burkesville, and how
Work in Burkesville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Burkesville
Burkesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Burkesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burkesville, month by month
Burkesville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Burkesville
Nashville International sits about 85 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 Burkesville
Schools across Burkesville average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tompkinsville ElemB · 48% proficient
- Cumberland County Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Metcalfe County Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cumberland County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Clinton County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Monroe Co MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Clinton County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Adair County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burkesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burkesville 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 Burkesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burkesville
Is Burkesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burkesville ranks 42,073rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on health outcomes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burkesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,438. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $45,584 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Burkesville safe?
Burkesville is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Burkesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burkesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burkesville 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.
Burkesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burkesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burkesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burkesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burkesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burkesville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.