Best PlacesChicken Bristle, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chicken Bristle, 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.
Chicken Bristle ranks 33,889th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on cell coverage, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chicken Bristle
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.
Chicken Bristle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chicken Bristle ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Chicken Bristle ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chicken Bristle
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chicken Bristle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,141, 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 Chicken Bristle's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chicken Bristle
Chicken Bristle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chicken Bristle.
Who works in Chicken Bristle, and how
Work in Chicken Bristle centers on transportation & warehousing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Chicken Bristle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chicken Bristle.
What the weather is like in Chicken Bristle, month by month
Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chicken Bristle
Schools across Chicken Bristle average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hustonville Elementary SchoolC− · 30% 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 Chicken Bristle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chicken Bristle
Is Chicken Bristle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chicken Bristle ranks 33,889th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, few empty homes, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chicken Bristle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,500. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,141 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Chicken Bristle safe?
Chicken Bristle is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Chicken Bristle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chicken Bristle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chicken Bristle 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.
Chicken Bristle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chicken Bristle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chicken Bristle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chicken Bristle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chicken Bristle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chicken Bristle 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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