Best PlacesWendover, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wendover, 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.
Wendover ranks 46,458th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Low incomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Wendover
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.
Wendover's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wendover ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Wendover ranks low
- Household income$39,989 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wendover
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wendover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,989, 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 Wendover's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wendover
Wendover runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wendover.
Who works in Wendover, and how
Work in Wendover centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wendover
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wendover.
What the weather is like in Wendover, month by month
Wendover sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Wendover
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 69 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wendover
Schools across Wendover average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Hayes Lewis Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Leslie County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wendover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wendover 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 Wendover against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wendover
Is Wendover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wendover ranks 46,458th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on low incomes 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 Wendover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,300. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $39,989 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Wendover safe?
Wendover is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Wendover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wendover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wendover 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.
Wendover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wendover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wendover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wendover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wendover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wendover 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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