Best PlacesHoskinston, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoskinston, 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.
Hoskinston ranks 45,141st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Hoskinston
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.
Hoskinston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoskinston ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Hoskinston ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$47,091 median, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hoskinston
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoskinston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,091, 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 Hoskinston's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hoskinston
Hoskinston 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 Hoskinston.
Who works in Hoskinston, and how
Work in Hoskinston centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hoskinston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hoskinston.
What the weather is like in Hoskinston, month by month
Hoskinston sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Hoskinston
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 69 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hoskinston
Schools across Hoskinston average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stinnett Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Mountain View ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Hayes Lewis Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Leslie County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hoskinston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hoskinston 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 Hoskinston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hoskinston
Is Hoskinston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoskinston ranks 45,141st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and tree cover, 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 Hoskinston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $72,215. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $47,091 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Hoskinston safe?
Hoskinston is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Hoskinston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoskinston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoskinston 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.
Hoskinston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoskinston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoskinston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoskinston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoskinston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoskinston 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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