Best PlacesRiverwood, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Riverwood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Riverwood ranks 1,609th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Riverwood
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.
Riverwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Riverwood ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$224,464 median, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
Where Riverwood ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Riverwood
A household needs to earn about $193,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riverwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $224,464, 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 Riverwood's effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Riverwood
Riverwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Riverwood.
Who works in Riverwood, and how
Work in Riverwood centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Riverwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Riverwood.
What the weather is like in Riverwood, month by month
Riverwood sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Riverwood
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Riverwood
Schools across Riverwood average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dunn ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Chenoweth ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kammerer MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Ballard HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Riverwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Riverwood 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 Riverwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Riverwood
Is Riverwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riverwood ranks 1,609th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Riverwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $736,000. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $224,464 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Riverwood safe?
Yes, Riverwood is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Riverwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Riverwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Riverwood 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.
Riverwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Riverwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Riverwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Riverwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Riverwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Riverwood 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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