Best PlacesDeBord, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around DeBord, 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.
DeBord ranks 47,257th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in DeBord
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.
DeBord's strengths and weaknesses
Where DeBord ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 60% of towns
Where DeBord ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Household income$46,756 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in DeBord
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median DeBord home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,756, 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 DeBord's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in DeBord
DeBord'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 DeBord.
Who works in DeBord, and how
Work in DeBord centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in DeBord
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across DeBord.
What the weather is like in DeBord, month by month
DeBord sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of DeBord
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around DeBord
Schools across DeBord average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kermit Pre K8C · 33% proficient
- Porter Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnson County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- James D. Adams Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Martin County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Paintsville High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Martin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Johnson Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every DeBord school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
DeBord 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 DeBord against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in DeBord
Is DeBord a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, DeBord ranks 47,257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is DeBord expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $107,154. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $46,756 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is DeBord safe?
DeBord is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare DeBord with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to DeBord. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in DeBord 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.
DeBord detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for DeBord: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in DeBord: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of DeBord: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in DeBord: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
DeBord 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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