Best PlacesPersimmon, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Persimmon, 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.
Persimmon ranks 49,914th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Persimmon
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.
Persimmon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Persimmon ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$633 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 69% of towns
Where Persimmon ranks low
- Short commute61.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,006 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Persimmon
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Persimmon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $32,006, 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 Persimmon's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Persimmon
Persimmon's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Persimmon.
Who works in Persimmon, and how
Work in Persimmon centers on wholesale trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Persimmon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Persimmon.
What the weather is like in Persimmon, month by month
Persimmon sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Persimmon
Nashville International sits about 75 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Persimmon
Schools across Persimmon average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joe Harrison CarterB− · 42% proficient
- Cumberland County Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cumberland County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Monroe Co MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Monroe Co HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Persimmon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Persimmon 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 Persimmon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Persimmon
Is Persimmon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Persimmon ranks 49,914th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Persimmon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,940. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $32,006 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Persimmon safe?
Persimmon is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Persimmon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Persimmon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Persimmon 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.
Persimmon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Persimmon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Persimmon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Persimmon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Persimmon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Persimmon 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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