Best PlacesKimper, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kimper, 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.
Kimper ranks 43,925th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kimper
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.
Kimper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kimper ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Kimper ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Household income$50,135 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kimper
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kimper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,135, 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 Kimper's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Kimper
Kimper runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kimper.
Who works in Kimper, and how
Work in Kimper centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kimper
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kimper.
What the weather is like in Kimper, month by month
Kimper sees roughly 84 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 Kimper
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kimper
Schools across Kimper average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Phelps Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Kimper Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Johns Creek Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Pike County Central High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Phelps High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kimper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kimper 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 Kimper against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kimper
Is Kimper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kimper ranks 43,925th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on thin health care access and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kimper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $64,846. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,135 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Kimper safe?
Kimper is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Kimper with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kimper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kimper 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.
Kimper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kimper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kimper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kimper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kimper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kimper 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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