Best PlacesErlanger, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Erlanger, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Erlanger ranks 18,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Erlanger
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.
Erlanger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Erlanger ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Erlanger ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Erlanger
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Erlanger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,687, 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 Erlanger's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Erlanger
Erlanger runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Erlanger.
Who works in Erlanger, and how
Work in Erlanger centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Erlanger
Erlanger has more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Erlanger and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Erlanger, month by month
Erlanger sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Erlanger
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Erlanger
Schools across Erlanger average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Pointe Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Taylor Mill Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- R C Hinsdale Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Turkey Foot Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Woodland Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Tichenor Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixie Heights High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Scott High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Boone County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Erlanger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Erlanger 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 Erlanger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Erlanger
Is Erlanger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Erlanger ranks 18,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Erlanger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,930. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $87,687 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Erlanger safe?
Erlanger is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
Compare Erlanger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Erlanger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Erlanger 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.
Erlanger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Erlanger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Erlanger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Erlanger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Erlanger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Erlanger 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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