Best PlacesRich Pond, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rich Pond, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rich Pond ranks 12,298th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rich Pond
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.
Rich Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rich Pond ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$570 a month, better than 82% of towns
Where Rich Pond ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 43% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rich Pond
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rich Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,267, 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 Rich Pond's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Rich Pond
Rich Pond runs younger than the country, 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 Rich Pond.
Who works in Rich Pond, and how
Work in Rich Pond centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rich Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rich Pond.
What the weather is like in Rich Pond, month by month
Rich Pond sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Rich Pond
Nashville International sits about 53 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 Rich Pond
Schools across Rich Pond average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rich Pond ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Rockfield ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Warren Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- South Warren High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rich Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rich Pond 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 Rich Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rich Pond
Is Rich Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rich Pond ranks 12,298th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a strong job market, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rich Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,137. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $88,267 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Rich Pond safe?
Yes, Rich Pond is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Rich Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rich Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rich Pond 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.
Rich Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rich Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rich Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rich Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rich Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rich Pond 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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