Best PlacesEminence, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eminence, 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.
Eminence ranks 38,571st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eminence
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.
Eminence's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eminence ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Eminence ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$49,785 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eminence
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eminence home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,785; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Eminence's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eminence
Eminence runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eminence.
Who works in Eminence, and how
Work in Eminence centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eminence
Eminence has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eminence and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eminence, month by month
Eminence sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Eminence
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eminence
Schools across Eminence average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wright ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
- Eminence Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- New Castle Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shelby County East Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Henry County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Shelby County West Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Eminence High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Martha Layne Collins High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eminence school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eminence 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 Eminence against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eminence
Is Eminence a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eminence ranks 38,571st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eminence expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,315. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $49,785 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Eminence safe?
Eminence is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Eminence with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eminence. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eminence 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.
Eminence detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eminence: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eminence: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eminence: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eminence: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eminence 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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