Best PlacesHunnewell, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunnewell, 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.
Hunnewell ranks 40,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hunnewell
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.
Hunnewell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunnewell ranks high
- Cheap childcare$520 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
Where Hunnewell ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunnewell
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunnewell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,131, 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 Hunnewell's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Hunnewell
Hunnewell 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 Hunnewell.
Who works in Hunnewell, and how
Work in Hunnewell centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Hunnewell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunnewell.
What the weather is like in Hunnewell, month by month
Hunnewell sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hunnewell
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunnewell
Schools across Hunnewell average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Star Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Argillite Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wurtland Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- East Carter Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Boyd County Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- East Carter County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Boyd County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Greenup County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunnewell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunnewell 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 Hunnewell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunnewell
Is Hunnewell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunnewell ranks 40,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunnewell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,183. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,131 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Hunnewell safe?
Hunnewell is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Hunnewell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunnewell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunnewell 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.
Hunnewell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunnewell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunnewell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunnewell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunnewell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunnewell 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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