Best PlacesIvel, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivel, 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.
Ivel ranks 41,226th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ivel
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.
Ivel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivel ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Ivel ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ivel
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ivel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,591, 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 Ivel's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ivel
Ivel's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ivel.
Who works in Ivel, and how
Work in Ivel centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ivel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ivel.
What the weather is like in Ivel, month by month
Ivel sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ivel
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 148 miles away.
Ivel 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 Ivel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivel
Is Ivel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivel ranks 41,226th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ivel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,686. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $59,591 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Ivel safe?
Ivel is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Ivel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivel 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.
Ivel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivel 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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