Best PlacesLittle Needmore, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Needmore, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Little Needmore ranks 10,849th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Little Needmore
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.
Little Needmore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Needmore ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$100,988 median, better than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Little Needmore ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Needmore
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Needmore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,988, 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 Little Needmore's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Little Needmore
Little Needmore 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 Little Needmore.
Who works in Little Needmore, and how
Work in Little Needmore centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Little Needmore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Needmore.
What the weather is like in Little Needmore, month by month
Little Needmore sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Little Needmore
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Needmore
Schools across Little Needmore average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boyle County Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Boyle County High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Needmore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Needmore 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 Little Needmore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Needmore
Is Little Needmore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Needmore ranks 10,849th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Needmore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,446. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $100,988 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Little Needmore safe?
Yes, Little Needmore is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare Little Needmore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Needmore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Needmore 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.
Little Needmore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Needmore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Needmore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Needmore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Needmore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Needmore 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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