Best PlacesStamping Ground, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stamping Ground, 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.
Stamping Ground ranks 14,410th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stamping Ground
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.
Stamping Ground's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stamping Ground ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Stamping Ground ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 33% of towns
- Cheap childcare$891 a month, better than only 38% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 38% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stamping Ground
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stamping Ground home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,853, 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 Stamping Ground's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stamping Ground
Stamping Ground runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stamping Ground.
Who works in Stamping Ground, and how
Work in Stamping Ground centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stamping Ground
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stamping Ground.
What the weather is like in Stamping Ground, month by month
Stamping Ground sees roughly 84 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° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Stamping Ground
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stamping Ground
Schools across Stamping Ground average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northern Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Owen County Elementary/primary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Stamping Ground Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scott County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Maurice Bowling Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Elkhorn Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Scott County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Franklin County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Owen County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stamping Ground school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stamping Ground 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 Stamping Ground against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stamping Ground
Is Stamping Ground a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stamping Ground ranks 14,410th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stamping Ground expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,376. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,853 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Stamping Ground safe?
Yes, Stamping Ground is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
Compare Stamping Ground with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stamping Ground. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stamping Ground 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.
Stamping Ground detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stamping Ground: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stamping Ground: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stamping Ground: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stamping Ground: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stamping Ground 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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