Best PlacesEast View, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East View, 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.
East View ranks 40,765th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East View
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.
East View's strengths and weaknesses
Where East View ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$656 a month, better than 72% of towns
Where East View ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East View
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,947, 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 East View's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East View
East View runs older 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 East View.
Who works in East View, and how
Work in East View centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in East View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East View.
What the weather is like in East View, month by month
East View sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of East View
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around East View
Schools across East View average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilia Valley Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hardin Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Hardin High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East View 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 East View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East View
Is East View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East View ranks 40,765th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on thin health care access and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,720. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $56,947 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is East View safe?
Yes, East View is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare East View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East View 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.
East View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East View 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.