Best PlacesDwale, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dwale, 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.
Dwale ranks 47,941st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dwale
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.
Dwale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dwale ranks high
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of towns
Where Dwale ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,755 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dwale
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dwale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,755, 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 Dwale's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Dwale
Dwale runs younger than the country, 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 Dwale.
Who works in Dwale, and how
Work in Dwale centers on health care & social and education. 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 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dwale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dwale.
What the weather is like in Dwale, month by month
Dwale sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Dwale
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 144 miles away.
Dwale 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 Dwale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dwale
Is Dwale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dwale ranks 47,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on thin health care access and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dwale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,888. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $36,755 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Dwale safe?
Dwale is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Dwale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dwale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dwale 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.
Dwale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dwale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dwale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dwale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dwale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dwale 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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