Best PlacesPeytons Store, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peytons Store, 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.
Peytons Store ranks 42,855th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Peytons Store
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.
Peytons Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peytons Store ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Peytons Store ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$49,389 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peytons Store
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peytons Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,389, 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 Peytons Store's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peytons Store
Peytons Store 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 Peytons Store.
Who works in Peytons Store, and how
Work in Peytons Store centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Peytons Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peytons Store.
What the weather is like in Peytons Store, month by month
Peytons Store sees roughly 77 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 Peytons Store
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peytons Store
Schools across Peytons Store average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perryville Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Walnut Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hustonville Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Casey County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Casey County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peytons Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peytons Store 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 Peytons Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peytons Store
Is Peytons Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peytons Store ranks 42,855th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peytons Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,437. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $49,389 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Peytons Store safe?
Yes, Peytons Store is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Peytons Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peytons Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peytons Store 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.
Peytons Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peytons Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peytons Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peytons Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peytons Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peytons Store 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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