Best PlacesIvy Grove, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivy Grove, 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.
Ivy Grove ranks 49,046th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ivy Grove
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.
Ivy Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivy Grove ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$461 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 64% of towns
Where Ivy Grove ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,827 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Ivy Grove
Ivy Grove 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 Ivy Grove.
Who works in Ivy Grove, and how
Work in Ivy Grove centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ivy Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ivy Grove.
What the weather is like in Ivy Grove, month by month
Ivy Grove sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ivy Grove
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 71 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ivy Grove
Schools across Ivy Grove average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Page School CenterC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Bell County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ivy Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ivy Grove 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 Ivy Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivy Grove
Is Ivy Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivy Grove ranks 49,046th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on a weak job market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ivy Grove safe?
Ivy Grove is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ivy Grove?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 29. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of towns.
Compare Ivy Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivy Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivy Grove 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.
Ivy Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivy Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivy Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivy Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivy Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivy Grove 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.
- 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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