Best PlacesIngle, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ingle, 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.
Ingle ranks 45,938th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ingle
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.
Ingle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ingle ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$472 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 67% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 64% of towns
Where Ingle ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$46,256 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ingle
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ingle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,256, 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 Ingle's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 Ingle
Ingle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ingle.
Who works in Ingle, and how
Work in Ingle centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ingle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ingle.
What the weather is like in Ingle, month by month
Ingle sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ingle
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ingle
Schools across Ingle average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Science Hill Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Nancy Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Salem Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Russell County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Russell County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ingle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ingle 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 Ingle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ingle
Is Ingle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ingle ranks 45,938th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and low taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ingle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,646. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $46,256 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Ingle safe?
Ingle is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Ingle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ingle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ingle 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.
Ingle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ingle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ingle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ingle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ingle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ingle 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.