Best PlacesCorbin, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corbin, 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.
Corbin ranks 1,955th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Corbin
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.
Corbin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Corbin ranks high
- Cheap childcare$461 a month, better than 99% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 93% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 75% of cities
Where Corbin ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 2% of cities
- Household income$54,880 median, better than only 4% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Corbin
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corbin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,880, 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 Corbin's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Corbin
Corbin's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Corbin.
Who works in Corbin, and how
Work in Corbin centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Corbin
Corbin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Corbin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Corbin, month by month
Corbin sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Corbin
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 79 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Corbin
Schools across Corbin average a C, better than 27% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sublimity Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Keavy Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corbin Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- South Laurel Middle SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Whitley County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- South Laurel High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Corbin High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Whitley County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corbin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corbin 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 Corbin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Corbin suits
Common questions about living in Corbin
Is Corbin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corbin ranks 1,955th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Corbin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,992. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $54,880 median income, cost of living beats 12% of cities.
Is Corbin safe?
Corbin is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Corbin?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 26. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 28% of cities.
Is Corbin good for families?
Schools beat 27% of cities, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $461 a month.
Compare Corbin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corbin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corbin 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.
Corbin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corbin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corbin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corbin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corbin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corbin 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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