Best PlacesGoforth, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goforth, 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.
Goforth ranks 33,093rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Goforth
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.
Goforth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goforth ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Goforth ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goforth
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goforth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,501, 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 Goforth's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goforth
Goforth runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goforth.
Who works in Goforth, and how
Work in Goforth centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Goforth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goforth.
What the weather is like in Goforth, month by month
Goforth 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 Goforth
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 28 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 Goforth
Schools across Goforth average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northern Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Southern Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Phillip Sharp Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Pendleton County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goforth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goforth 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 Goforth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goforth
Is Goforth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goforth ranks 33,093rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and quiet, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goforth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,902. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $69,501 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Goforth safe?
Yes, Goforth is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Goforth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goforth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goforth 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.
Goforth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goforth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goforth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goforth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goforth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goforth 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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