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Because it does well by almost any measure. Crestview Hills earns an A+, ranked 7th of 138 in Kentucky. Its schools rank ahead of 90% of Kentucky towns, it is healthier than 77% of U.S. towns, and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Only 3 of Kentucky’s 238 towns score higher on hazard risk. 49% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Crestview Hills, against 26% in Kentucky’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Crestview Hills is home to Thomas More University.
Where Crestview Hills beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Crestview Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 15 in 1960, 3,246 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1914 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crestview Hills. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
6 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw28 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw27 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
7 mi Stadium & arenaTQL Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumPaycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crestview Hills, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Crestview Hills.
Crestview Hills carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Kentucky (mostly tornadoes), draws workers from Independence and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky.
4,037 jobs are based in Crestview Hills, 2.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 24% of working residents cross a state line to work.
The top destinations are Cincinnati (12%), Florence (9%) and Covington (8%). For most workers, Crestview Hills is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. In Crestview Hills, the average commute is 17 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 6 miles.
| Crestview Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 16% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Kentucky towns, with expected losses of about $188 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
40% of Crestview Hills’s expected losses from natural hazards come from tornadoes, followed by inland flooding at 28%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median property tax bill is $2,342, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among households in Crestview Hills, 74% live in a home they own. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 5.9% in value. The going rate for rent in the town is $1,481 a month.
| Crestview Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,481 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 59% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 9.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
Crestview Hills: 15% of adults report frequent mental distress. Against the Kentucky average, Crestview Hills comes out ahead on 16 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 1. Among 141 Kentucky towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who have obesity than Crestview Hills.
| Crestview Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Crestview Hills | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.3% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.8% | 8.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 23°; snowfall runs to about 23 inches a winter. Crestview Hills brings chilly winters and warm summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
14 within 15 miles of the center of Crestview Hills
College town 19 of every 100 Crestview Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
Where Crestview Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Kentucky, United States
Crestview Hills is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Cincinnati area. The population was 3,246 at the 2020 census. Crestview Hills is located in Northern KY. Interstate 275 travels through the city. Interstate 71/75 lies close to the city border. It is the home of Thomas More University.
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4 towns share a border with Crestview Hills.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Hills | #7 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
| Edgewood | #1 | A+ | B | A− | A | A− |
| Lakeside Park | #8 | A+ | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Fort Mitchell | #11 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A− |
| Fort Wright | #5 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A− |
Crestview Hills and Lakeside Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Crestview Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Crestview Hills grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #7 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A− for health and A for schools.
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($81,120 across the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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