Best PlacesTar Hill, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tar Hill, 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.
Tar Hill ranks 32,822nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tar Hill
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.
Tar Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tar Hill ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 105 pleasant days a year, better than 72% of towns
Where Tar Hill ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tar Hill
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tar Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,938, 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 Tar Hill's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Tar Hill
Tar Hill runs younger than the country, 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 Tar Hill.
Who works in Tar Hill, and how
Work in Tar Hill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tar Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tar Hill.
What the weather is like in Tar Hill, month by month
Tar Hill sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Tar Hill
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tar Hill
Schools across Tar Hill average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H W Wilkey Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grayson County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Grayson County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tar Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tar Hill 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 Tar Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tar Hill
Is Tar Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tar Hill ranks 32,822nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low crime, and short commutes, and lowest on biking and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tar Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,500. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $65,938 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Tar Hill safe?
Yes, Tar Hill is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Tar Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tar Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tar Hill 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.
Tar Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tar Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tar Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tar Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tar Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tar Hill 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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