Best PlacesSharpe, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharpe, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sharpe ranks 18,568th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sharpe
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.
Sharpe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharpe ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 82% of towns
- Household income$93,660 median, better than 80% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
Where Sharpe ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharpe
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharpe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,660, 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 Sharpe's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sharpe
Sharpe runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sharpe.
Who works in Sharpe, and how
Work in Sharpe centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sharpe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharpe.
What the weather is like in Sharpe, month by month
Sharpe sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sharpe
The nearest airport, Barkley Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharpe
Schools across Sharpe average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reidland Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Benton Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Sharpe Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reidland Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- North Marshall Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccracken County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Marshall County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharpe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharpe 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 Sharpe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharpe
Is Sharpe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharpe ranks 18,568th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low crime, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sharpe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,338. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $93,660 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Sharpe safe?
Yes, Sharpe is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Sharpe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharpe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharpe 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.
Sharpe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharpe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharpe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharpe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharpe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharpe 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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