Best PlacesPilot View, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pilot View, 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.
Pilot View ranks 25,630th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on what local pay buys, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pilot View
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.
Pilot View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pilot View ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- Household income$86,882 median, better than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Pilot View ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pilot View
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pilot View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,882, 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 Pilot View's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Pilot View
Pilot View runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pilot View.
Who works in Pilot View, and how
Work in Pilot View centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pilot View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pilot View.
What the weather is like in Pilot View, month by month
Pilot View sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Pilot View
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pilot View
Schools across Pilot View average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mapleton Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Shearer Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Clay City Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert D. Campbell Jr. HighC · 32% proficient
- Mcnabb Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Powell County Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery County High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- George Rogers Clark High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Powell County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pilot View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pilot View 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 Pilot View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pilot View
Is Pilot View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pilot View ranks 25,630th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pilot View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,217. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $86,882 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Pilot View safe?
Yes, Pilot View is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Pilot View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pilot View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pilot View 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.
Pilot View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pilot View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pilot View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pilot View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pilot View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pilot View 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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