Best PlacesDeane, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deane, 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.
Deane ranks 43,110th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deane
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.
Deane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deane ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Deane ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deane
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,061, 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 Deane's effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Deane
Deane's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deane.
Who works in Deane, and how
Work in Deane centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Deane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deane.
What the weather is like in Deane, month by month
Deane sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Deane
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deane
Schools across Deane average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Jones Fork Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fleming Neon Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Letcher County Central High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Knott County Central High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deane 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 Deane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deane
Is Deane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deane ranks 43,110th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes 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 Deane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $52,700. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $58,061 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Deane safe?
Yes, Deane is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Deane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deane 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.
Deane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deane 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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