Best PlacesHindman, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hindman, 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.
Hindman ranks 44,353rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Hindman
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.
Hindman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hindman ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Hindman ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$46,652 median, better than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hindman
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hindman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,652, 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 Hindman's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Hindman
Hindman's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hindman.
Who works in Hindman, and how
Work in Hindman centers on retail trade 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 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Hindman
Hindman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hindman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hindman, month by month
Hindman sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, 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 | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Hindman
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hindman
Schools across Hindman average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robinson Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hindman Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Jones Fork Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry County Central High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Knott County Central High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hindman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hindman 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 Hindman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hindman
Is Hindman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hindman ranks 44,353rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and tree cover, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hindman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $109,124. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $46,652 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Hindman safe?
Hindman is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Hindman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hindman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hindman 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.
Hindman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hindman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hindman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hindman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hindman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hindman 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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