Best PlacesCrayne, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crayne, 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.
Crayne ranks 40,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crayne
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.
Crayne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crayne ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$591 a month, better than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- QuietBetter than 64% of towns
Where Crayne ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crayne
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crayne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,449, 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 Crayne's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Crayne
Crayne'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 Crayne.
Who works in Crayne, and how
Work in Crayne centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crayne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crayne.
What the weather is like in Crayne, month by month
Crayne sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Crayne
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crayne
Schools across Crayne average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crittenden County Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crittenden County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Crittenden County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crayne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crayne 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 Crayne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crayne
Is Crayne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crayne ranks 40,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crayne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,532. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $57,449 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Crayne safe?
Crayne is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Crayne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crayne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crayne 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.
Crayne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crayne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crayne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crayne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crayne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crayne 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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