Best PlacesDortha, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dortha, 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.
Dortha ranks 41,919th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dortha
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.
Dortha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dortha ranks high
- Cheap childcare$461 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 68% of towns
Where Dortha ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dortha
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dortha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,188, 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 Dortha's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Dortha
Dortha runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dortha.
Who works in Dortha, and how
Work in Dortha centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dortha
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dortha.
What the weather is like in Dortha, month by month
Dortha sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Dortha
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dortha
Schools across Dortha average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corbin Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dortha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dortha 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 Dortha against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dortha
Is Dortha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dortha ranks 41,919th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on noise 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 Dortha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,100. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $65,188 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Dortha safe?
Dortha is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare Dortha with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dortha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dortha 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.
Dortha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dortha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dortha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dortha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dortha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dortha 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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