Best PlacesTerrill, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Terrill, 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.
Terrill ranks 29,268th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Terrill
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.
Terrill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Terrill ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
Where Terrill ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$51,115 median, better than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Terrill
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terrill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,115, 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 Terrill's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Terrill
Terrill runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Terrill.
Who works in Terrill, and how
Work in Terrill centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Terrill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Terrill.
What the weather is like in Terrill, month by month
Terrill sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Terrill
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Terrill
Schools across Terrill average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Farristown Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Southern High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Terrill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Terrill 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 Terrill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Terrill
Is Terrill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terrill ranks 29,268th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Terrill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,900. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $51,115 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Terrill safe?
Yes, Terrill is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $132 per resident a year.
Compare Terrill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terrill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terrill 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.
Terrill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terrill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terrill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terrill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terrill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terrill 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.