Best PlacesStanton, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stanton, 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.
Stanton ranks 45,952nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stanton
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.
Stanton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stanton ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
Where Stanton ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,598 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stanton
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stanton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,598, 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 Stanton's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stanton
Stanton runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stanton.
Who works in Stanton, and how
Work in Stanton centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Stanton
Stanton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stanton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stanton, month by month
Stanton sees roughly 70 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 Stanton
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stanton
Schools across Stanton average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rogers Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Stanton Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Clay City Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wolfe County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Powell County Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Estill County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Estill County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Wolfe County High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Menifee County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stanton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stanton 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 Stanton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stanton
Is Stanton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stanton ranks 45,952nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, fast internet, and biking, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stanton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,147. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $41,598 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Stanton safe?
Stanton is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Stanton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stanton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stanton 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.
Stanton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stanton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stanton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stanton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stanton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stanton 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.