Best PlacesCrestview Hills, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crestview Hills, 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.
Crestview Hills ranks 13,493rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crestview Hills
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.
Crestview Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Crestview Hills ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Crestview Hills ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crestview Hills
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crestview Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,890; 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 Crestview Hills' effective rate of 0.94%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crestview Hills
Crestview Hills runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crestview Hills.
Who works in Crestview Hills, and how
Work in Crestview Hills centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Crestview Hills
Crestview Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Crestview Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crestview Hills, month by month
Crestview Hills sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Crestview Hills
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crestview Hills
Schools across Crestview Hills average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beechwood Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Ft Wright Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- R C Hinsdale Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Turkey Foot Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Tichenor Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Beechwood High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Dixie Heights High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Lloyd High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crestview Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crestview Hills 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 Crestview Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crestview Hills
Is Crestview Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crestview Hills ranks 13,493rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crestview Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,641. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $80,890 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Crestview Hills safe?
Crestview Hills is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Crestview Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crestview Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crestview Hills 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.
Crestview Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crestview Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crestview Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crestview Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crestview Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crestview Hills 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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