Best PlacesWindy Hills, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windy Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Windy Hills ranks 2,663rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Windy Hills
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.
Windy Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Windy Hills ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
Where Windy Hills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Windy Hills
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windy Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,963, 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 Windy Hills' effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Windy Hills
Windy Hills 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 Windy Hills.
Who works in Windy Hills, and how
Work in Windy Hills centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Windy Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Windy Hills.
What the weather is like in Windy Hills, month by month
Windy Hills sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Windy Hills
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Windy Hills
Schools across Windy Hills average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dunn ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Chenoweth ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kammerer MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
- Westport MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Ballard HighB− · 42% proficient
- Waggener HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windy Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windy Hills 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 Windy Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Windy Hills
Is Windy Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windy Hills ranks 2,663rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Windy Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $385,411. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $118,963 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Windy Hills safe?
Windy Hills is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Windy Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windy Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windy Hills 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.
Windy Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windy Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windy Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windy Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windy Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windy Hills 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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