Best PlacesWillow Grove, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willow Grove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Willow Grove ranks 31,098th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Willow Grove
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.
Willow Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willow Grove ranks high
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
Where Willow Grove ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Willow Grove
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willow Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,107, 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 Willow Grove's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Willow Grove
Willow Grove's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Willow Grove.
Who works in Willow Grove, and how
Work in Willow Grove centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Willow Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Willow Grove.
What the weather is like in Willow Grove, month by month
Willow Grove sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Willow Grove
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Willow Grove
Schools across Willow Grove average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taylor Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bracken County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Bracken County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willow Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willow Grove 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 Willow Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Willow Grove
Is Willow Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willow Grove ranks 31,098th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, civic engagement, and heat safety, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willow Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,800. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $84,107 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Willow Grove safe?
Yes, Willow Grove is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Willow Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willow Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willow Grove 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.
Willow Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willow Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willow Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willow Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willow Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willow Grove 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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