Best PlacesIndian Hills, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Indian Hills ranks 1,392nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Indian Hills
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.
Indian Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Hills ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$188,473 median, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
Where Indian Hills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Hills
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $188,473, 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 Indian Hills' effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Indian Hills
Indian Hills 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 Indian Hills.
Who works in Indian Hills, and how
Work in Indian Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Indian Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Indian Hills.
What the weather is like in Indian Hills, month by month
Indian Hills sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Indian Hills
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Indian Hills
Schools across Indian Hills average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dunn ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Chenoweth ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kammerer MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Ballard HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian Hills 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 Indian Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Hills
Is Indian Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Hills ranks 1,392nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Indian Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $655,263. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $188,473 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Indian Hills safe?
Yes, Indian Hills is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian Hills 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.
Indian Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian Hills 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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