Best PlacesLakeside Park, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeside Park, 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.
Lakeside Park ranks 19,293rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lakeside Park
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.
Lakeside Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeside Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Lakeside Park ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeside Park
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeside Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,606, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lakeside Park's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Lakeside Park
Lakeside Park's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lakeside Park.
Who works in Lakeside Park, and how
Work in Lakeside Park centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lakeside Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakeside Park.
What the weather is like in Lakeside Park, month by month
Lakeside Park sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lakeside Park
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 6 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 Lakeside Park
Schools across Lakeside Park average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beechwood Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- R C Hinsdale Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- James A Caywood Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Turkey Foot Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Beechwood High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Dixie Heights High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakeside Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeside Park 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 Lakeside Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeside Park
Is Lakeside Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeside Park ranks 19,293rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakeside Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,275. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $68,606 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Lakeside Park safe?
Lakeside Park is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $381 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeside Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeside Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeside Park 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.
Lakeside Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeside Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeside Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeside Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeside Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeside Park 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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