Best PlacesColville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colville, 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.
Colville ranks 32,817th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Colville
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.
Colville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 73% of towns
Where Colville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $57,806; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Colville's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Colville
Colville 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 Colville.
Who works in Colville, and how
Work in Colville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Colville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Colville.
What the weather is like in Colville, month by month
Colville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Colville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Colville
Schools across Colville average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cane Ridge Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Nicholas County Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Eastside Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bourbon County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Harrison County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrison County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Bourbon County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Nicholas County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colville 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 Colville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colville
Is Colville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colville ranks 32,817th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on an overheated housing market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Colville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,884. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $57,806 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Colville safe?
Colville is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Colville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colville 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.
Colville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colville 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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