Best PlacesWitt Springs, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Witt Springs, 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.
Witt Springs ranks 38,916th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Witt Springs
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.
Witt Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Witt Springs ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Witt Springs ranks low
- Short commute49.0 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Witt Springs
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Witt Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,588, 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 Witt Springs' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Witt Springs
Witt Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Witt Springs.
Who works in Witt Springs, and how
Work in Witt Springs centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Witt Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Witt Springs.
What the weather is like in Witt Springs, month by month
Witt Springs 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 Witt Springs
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 38 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 Witt Springs
Schools across Witt Springs average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Estill County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Estill County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Witt Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Witt Springs 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 Witt Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Witt Springs
Is Witt Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Witt Springs ranks 38,916th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Witt Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,100. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $64,588 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Witt Springs safe?
Witt Springs is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare Witt Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Witt Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Witt Springs 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.
Witt Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Witt Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Witt Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Witt Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Witt Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Witt Springs 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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