Best PlacesScoville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scoville, 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.
Scoville ranks 49,743rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Scoville
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.
Scoville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scoville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 71% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Scoville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$21,047 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Scoville
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scoville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $21,047, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Scoville's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Scoville
Scoville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Scoville.
Who works in Scoville, and how
Work in Scoville centers on other services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Scoville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Scoville.
What the weather is like in Scoville, month by month
Scoville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, 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 | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Scoville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Scoville
Schools across Scoville average a D−, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Owsley County Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Owsley County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scoville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scoville 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 Scoville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scoville
Is Scoville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scoville ranks 49,743rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Scoville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,773. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $21,047 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Scoville safe?
Scoville is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
Compare Scoville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scoville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scoville 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.
Scoville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scoville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scoville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scoville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scoville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scoville 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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