Best PlacesEtna, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Etna, 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.
Etna ranks 31,380th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Etna
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.
Etna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Etna ranks high
- Cheap childcare$476 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Etna ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Etna
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Etna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,894, 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 Etna's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Etna
Etna runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Etna.
Who works in Etna, and how
Work in Etna centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Etna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Etna.
What the weather is like in Etna, month by month
Etna sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Etna
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Etna
Schools across Etna average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northern Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Science Hill Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Eubank Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pulaski County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Etna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Etna 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 Etna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Etna
Is Etna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Etna ranks 31,380th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and a stable housing market, and lowest on thin health care access and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Etna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,100. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $73,894 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Etna safe?
Etna is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $416 per resident a year.
Compare Etna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Etna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Etna 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.
Etna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Etna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Etna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Etna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Etna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Etna 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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