Best PlacesWarfield, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warfield, 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.
Warfield ranks 49,577th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warfield
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.
Warfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warfield ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Warfield ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,119 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warfield
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,119, 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 Warfield's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 Warfield
Warfield 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 Warfield.
Who works in Warfield, and how
Work in Warfield centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Warfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warfield.
What the weather is like in Warfield, month by month
Warfield sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Warfield
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warfield
Schools across Warfield average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kermit Pre K8C · 33% proficient
- Crum Pre K-8 SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Warfield Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- James D. Adams Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Martin County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Martin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Tug Valley High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warfield 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 Warfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warfield
Is Warfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warfield ranks 49,577th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on education levels 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 Warfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,570. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $37,119 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Warfield safe?
Warfield is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Warfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warfield 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.
Warfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warfield 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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