Best PlacesRineyville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rineyville, 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.
Rineyville ranks 15,639th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rineyville
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.
Rineyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rineyville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 77% of towns
Where Rineyville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rineyville
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rineyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,139, 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 Rineyville's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Rineyville
Rineyville'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 Rineyville.
Who works in Rineyville, and how
Work in Rineyville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rineyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rineyville.
What the weather is like in Rineyville, month by month
Rineyville sees roughly 65 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° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Rineyville
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rineyville
Schools across Rineyville average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilia Valley Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Rineyville Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- New Highland Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hardin Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- James T Alton Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Bluegrass Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Hardin High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- John Hardin High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- North Hardin High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rineyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rineyville 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 Rineyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rineyville
Is Rineyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rineyville ranks 15,639th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rineyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,433. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $90,139 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Rineyville safe?
Yes, Rineyville is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Rineyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rineyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rineyville 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.
Rineyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rineyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rineyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rineyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rineyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rineyville 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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