Best PlacesHeflin, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heflin, 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.
Heflin ranks 35,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Heflin
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.
Heflin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Heflin ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Heflin ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heflin
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heflin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,180, 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 Heflin's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Heflin
Heflin runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Heflin.
Who works in Heflin, and how
Work in Heflin centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Heflin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Heflin.
What the weather is like in Heflin, month by month
Heflin sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Heflin
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Heflin
Schools across Heflin average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wayland Alexander Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Livermore Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ohio County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Mclean County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Ohio County High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Mclean County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heflin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heflin 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 Heflin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heflin
Is Heflin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heflin ranks 35,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and few empty homes, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Heflin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,521. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,180 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Heflin safe?
Yes, Heflin is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Heflin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heflin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heflin 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.
Heflin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heflin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heflin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heflin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heflin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heflin 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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