Best PlacesCornishville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cornishville, 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.
Cornishville ranks 20,438th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Cornishville
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.
Cornishville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cornishville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Household income$96,064 median, better than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cornishville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute36.2 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cornishville
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cornishville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,064, 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 Cornishville's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cornishville
Cornishville runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cornishville.
Who works in Cornishville, and how
Work in Cornishville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well 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 1%
Life in Cornishville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cornishville.
What the weather is like in Cornishville, month by month
Cornishville 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 Cornishville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cornishville
Schools across Cornishville average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Washington Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Mercer County Intermediate SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Kenneth D. King Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Mercer County Senior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Washington County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cornishville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cornishville 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 Cornishville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cornishville
Is Cornishville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cornishville ranks 20,438th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cornishville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,248. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $96,064 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Cornishville safe?
Yes, Cornishville is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Cornishville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cornishville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cornishville 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.
Cornishville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cornishville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cornishville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cornishville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cornishville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cornishville 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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