Best PlacesKinard, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kinard, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kinard ranks 47,276th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kinard
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.
Kinard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kinard ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 118 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
Where Kinard ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,264 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kinard
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kinard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $35,264; 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 Kinard's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kinard
Kinard runs younger 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 Kinard.
Who works in Kinard, and how
Work in Kinard centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kinard
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kinard, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kinard, month by month
Kinard sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 47° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Kinard
The nearest airport, Northwest Florida Beaches International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 213 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kinard
Schools across Kinard average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blountstown Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Tommy Smith Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Waller Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Merritt Brown Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Blountstown High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Wewahitchka High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Rutherford High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kinard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kinard 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 Kinard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kinard
Is Kinard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kinard ranks 47,276th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kinard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,159. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $35,264 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Kinard safe?
Kinard is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Kinard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kinard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kinard 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.
Kinard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kinard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kinard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kinard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kinard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kinard 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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