Best PlacesPlummers Mill, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plummers Mill, 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.
Plummers Mill ranks 46,485th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Plummers Mill
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.
Plummers Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plummers Mill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 72% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 68% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Plummers Mill ranks low
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$46,628 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plummers Mill
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plummers Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,628, 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 Plummers Mill's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Plummers Mill
Plummers Mill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plummers Mill.
Who works in Plummers Mill, and how
Work in Plummers Mill centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Plummers Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plummers Mill.
What the weather is like in Plummers Mill, month by month
Plummers Mill sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Plummers Mill
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plummers Mill
Schools across Plummers Mill average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- E P Ward Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Simons Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Fleming County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plummers Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plummers Mill 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 Plummers Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plummers Mill
Is Plummers Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plummers Mill ranks 46,485th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plummers Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,162. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $46,628 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Plummers Mill safe?
Plummers Mill is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Plummers Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plummers Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plummers Mill 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.
Plummers Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plummers Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plummers Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plummers Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plummers Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plummers Mill 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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