Best PlacesTateville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tateville, 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.
Tateville ranks 47,647th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tateville
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.
Tateville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tateville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$462 a month, better than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 67% of towns
Where Tateville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$44,908 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tateville
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tateville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,908, 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 Tateville's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Tateville
Tateville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tateville.
Who works in Tateville, and how
Work in Tateville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Tateville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tateville.
What the weather is like in Tateville, month by month
Tateville sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Tateville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tateville
Schools across Tateville average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Science Hill Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Burnside Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Meece Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Mccreary County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Pulaski County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Somerset High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tateville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tateville 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 Tateville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tateville
Is Tateville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tateville ranks 47,647th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes 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 Tateville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,619. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $44,908 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Tateville safe?
Tateville is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $413 per resident a year.
Compare Tateville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tateville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tateville 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.
Tateville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tateville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tateville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tateville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tateville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tateville 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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