Best PlacesMoores Creek, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moores Creek, 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.
Moores Creek ranks 46,280th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moores Creek
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.
Moores Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moores Creek ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$487 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- QuietBetter than 63% of towns
Where Moores Creek ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,759 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moores Creek
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moores Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $32,759, 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 Moores Creek's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moores Creek
Moores Creek runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moores Creek.
Who works in Moores Creek, and how
Work in Moores Creek centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Moores Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moores Creek.
What the weather is like in Moores Creek, month by month
Moores Creek sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Moores Creek
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moores Creek
Schools across Moores Creek average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Bernstadt Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Tyner Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson County Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- North Laurel High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Jackson County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moores Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moores Creek 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 Moores Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moores Creek
Is Moores Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moores Creek ranks 46,280th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, 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 Moores Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,600. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $32,759 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Moores Creek safe?
Moores Creek is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Moores Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moores Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moores Creek 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.
Moores Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moores Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moores Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moores Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moores Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moores Creek 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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