Best PlacesKennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati ranks 3,785th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
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.
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
Where Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,409; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati's effective rate of 1.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati 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 Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati.
Who works in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, and how
Work in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati has more parkland per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, month by month
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
Schools across Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati average a D, better than 14% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Woodford AcademyD · 18% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati 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 Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati
Is Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati ranks 3,785th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and civic engagement, and lowest on biking and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,690. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,409 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati safe?
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati is safer than 33% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati 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.
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati 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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