Best PlacesCalvert City, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calvert City, 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.
Calvert City ranks 37,408th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Calvert City
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.
Calvert City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calvert City ranks high
- Short commute18.5 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$591 a month, better than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 68% of towns
Where Calvert City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calvert City
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calvert City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,457, 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 Calvert City's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Calvert City
Calvert City'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 Calvert City.
Who works in Calvert City, and how
Work in Calvert City 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 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Calvert City
Calvert City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Calvert City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Calvert City, month by month
Calvert City sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Calvert City
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calvert City
Schools across Calvert City average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Benton Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Calvert City Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Marshall Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Marshall County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calvert City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calvert City 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 Calvert City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calvert City
Is Calvert City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calvert City ranks 37,408th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and affordable childcare, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calvert City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,312. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,457 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Calvert City safe?
Yes, Calvert City is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Calvert City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calvert City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calvert City 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.
Calvert City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calvert City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calvert City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calvert City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calvert City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calvert City 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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