Best PlacesSideview, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sideview, 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.
Sideview ranks 30,099th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a strong job market, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sideview
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.
Sideview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sideview ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$579 a month, better than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Sideview ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sideview
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sideview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,743, 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 Sideview's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sideview
Sideview runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sideview.
Who works in Sideview, and how
Work in Sideview centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sideview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sideview.
What the weather is like in Sideview, month by month
Sideview sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sideview
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sideview
Schools across Sideview average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mapleton Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- North Middletown Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rev. Henry E. Baker Sr. Interm. SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mcnabb Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery County High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Bourbon County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sideview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sideview 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 Sideview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sideview
Is Sideview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sideview ranks 30,099th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and affordable childcare, and lowest on biking and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sideview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,217. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $61,743 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Sideview safe?
Yes, Sideview is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Sideview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sideview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sideview 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.
Sideview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sideview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sideview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sideview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sideview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sideview 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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