Best PlacesPebworth, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pebworth, 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.
Pebworth ranks 49,841st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Pebworth
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.
Pebworth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pebworth ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 72% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Pebworth ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$22,655 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pebworth
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pebworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $22,655, 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 Pebworth's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pebworth
Pebworth runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pebworth.
Who works in Pebworth, and how
Work in Pebworth centers on other services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pebworth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pebworth.
What the weather is like in Pebworth, month by month
Pebworth sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, 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 | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Pebworth
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pebworth
Schools across Pebworth average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lee County Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Owsley County Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wolfe County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Jackson County Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee County Middle High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Owsley County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pebworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pebworth 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 Pebworth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pebworth
Is Pebworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pebworth ranks 49,841st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pebworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,734. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $22,655 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pebworth safe?
Pebworth is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare Pebworth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pebworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pebworth 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.
Pebworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pebworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pebworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pebworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pebworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pebworth 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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