Best PlacesGoffs Corner, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goffs Corner, 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.
Goffs Corner ranks 31,732nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on civic engagement, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goffs Corner
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.
Goffs Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goffs Corner ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 70% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 69% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 67% of towns
Where Goffs Corner ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
- Short commute30.6 minutes each way, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goffs Corner
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goffs Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,156, 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 Goffs Corner's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goffs Corner
Goffs Corner runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goffs Corner.
Who works in Goffs Corner, and how
Work in Goffs Corner centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Goffs Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goffs Corner.
What the weather is like in Goffs Corner, month by month
Goffs Corner sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Goffs Corner
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goffs Corner
Schools across Goffs Corner average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camargo Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Clay City Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert D. Campbell Jr. HighC · 32% proficient
- Mcnabb Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Powell County Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery County High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Powell County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goffs Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goffs Corner 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 Goffs Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goffs Corner
Is Goffs Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goffs Corner ranks 31,732nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low crime, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goffs Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,670. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $71,156 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Goffs Corner safe?
Yes, Goffs Corner is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Goffs Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goffs Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goffs Corner 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.
Goffs Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goffs Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goffs Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goffs Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goffs Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goffs Corner 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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