Best PlacesCrittenden, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crittenden, 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.
Crittenden ranks 28,189th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Crittenden
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.
Crittenden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crittenden ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 75% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 73% of towns
Where Crittenden ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crittenden
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crittenden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,083, 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 Crittenden's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Crittenden
Crittenden runs younger 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 Crittenden.
Who works in Crittenden, and how
Work in Crittenden centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crittenden
Crittenden has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Crittenden and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crittenden, month by month
Crittenden 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 Crittenden
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 19 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 Crittenden
Schools across Crittenden average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Piner Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Walton-verona Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Northern Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walton-verona Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Grant County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Phillip Sharp Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Walton-verona High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Grant County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Pendleton County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crittenden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crittenden 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 Crittenden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crittenden
Is Crittenden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crittenden ranks 28,189th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crittenden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,081. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $79,083 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Crittenden safe?
Yes, Crittenden is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Crittenden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crittenden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crittenden 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.
Crittenden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crittenden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crittenden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crittenden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crittenden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crittenden 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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