Best PlacesPotters Fork, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Potters Fork, 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.
Potters Fork ranks 47,810th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Potters Fork
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.
Potters Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Potters Fork ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Potters Fork ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$44,513 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Potters Fork
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Potters Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,513, 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 Potters Fork'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Potters Fork
Potters Fork runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Potters Fork.
Who works in Potters Fork, and how
Work in Potters Fork centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Potters Fork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Potters Fork.
What the weather is like in Potters Fork, month by month
Potters Fork sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Potters Fork
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Potters Fork
Schools across Potters Fork average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dorton Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Shelby Valley High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Potters Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Potters Fork 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 Potters Fork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Potters Fork
Is Potters Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Potters Fork ranks 47,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Potters Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $86,294. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $44,513 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Potters Fork safe?
Potters Fork is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Potters Fork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Potters Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Potters Fork 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.
Potters Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Potters Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Potters Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Potters Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Potters Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Potters Fork 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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