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39.02° N · 84.57° W · GEOID 2118442

Crestview Hills

Kenton County, Kentucky · part of the Cincinnati, OH metro

Limited data population under 5,000

KentuckyCrestview Hills, KYCrestview HillsCrestview Hills

The short answer

Crestview Hills is home to 3,284 people. Median household income is $95,441 a year and median rent is $1,481 a month, 18.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $279,800, about 2.9x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,481
8% above the median place
Median household income
$95,441
19% above the median place
Median home value
$279,800
12% below the median place
Unemployment
4.3%
11% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Crestview Hills

  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 115 hours a year commuting, less than in 91% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs only about $162 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 87% of places its size.
  • Household income has grown 1.8% a year across the last five survey releases, slower than in 86% of places its size.
01

Moving to Crestview Hills

Kenton County gains about 2.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in9,768
Moved out9,419
Net+349

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Boone County, KY2,6062,648−42
Hamilton County, OH1,5541,361+193
Campbell County, KY1,4511,352+99
Grant County, KY290262+28
Pendleton County, KY172

Within Kentucky, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within KentuckyOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$65K
Leavers$63K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Kenton County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
10.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 5.2% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Kenton County report $65,400 a year in income on average; those leaving, $62,700.
Income you would need
$59,200 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,481 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,643 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $279,800.
Getting to work
17 minutes each way on average; 11.6% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Rochester, MN matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
5.2%
164% above the median place
Moved here in the past year1
10.2%
77% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people8
2.5
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year110.2%77% above
Moved from another state15.2%164% above
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure2.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$65,4287% below
Income of households moving out8County figure$62,70111% below
02

What it costs to live here

Home price to income is 2.9x, 23% below the median place.

Crestview Hills18.6%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$59,240
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
18.6%
9% below the median place
Home price to income
2.9x
23% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
19%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$79,600
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Crestview Hills, $1,481 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.0 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Crestview Hills, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Hobart, WI14.8% vs 18.6%$10,900Compare

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Homeownership1
73.8%
11% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$2,342
28% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,643
12% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,4818% above
Rent to income118.6%9% below
Property tax rate10.8%8% below
Home price to income12.9x23% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure95.45% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,44211% below
HUD area median income4County figure$109,9002% above
Property tax paid (median)1$2,34228% below
Median home value1$279,80012% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure3.6%13% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure52.5%2% above
Homeownership173.8%11% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure43.8%13% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,64312% below
Vacant homes1County figure8.0%13% above
Median year built119840% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Mean commute1
17 min
33% below the median place
Median household income1
$95,441
19% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$95,44119% above
Income per person1$46,58516% above
Unemployment1County figure4.3%11% below
Average annual pay6County figure$72,99211% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure1.4%62% below
Jobs6County figure75,38550% below
Poverty rate1County figure11.8%10% above
Mean commute117 min33% below
Works from home111.6%7% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 96.7%, 5% above the median place.

High school or higher1
96.7%
5% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
49.4%
54% above the median place
Median age1
37.0
5% below the median place
All 9 people measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population13,2846646th largest
Population change since 202071.9%61% above
Median age137.05% below
Bachelor's or higher149.4%54% above
High school or higher196.7%5% above
Household size12.52% above
Born abroad1County figure4.1%53% below
No health insurance1County figure4.7%27% below
Homes with broadband190.9%2% below
05

Life in Crestview Hills

77 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k12.2 +29%
Grocery stores per 10k3.0 +44%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k48.7 4.4×
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi7.4 35.1×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.6 −11%
Shops22.1 −27%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.1 −24%
Doctors' offices and clinics16.3 −19%
Child care centers2.6 +13%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Shops per 10k9
22.1
27% below the median place
Public schools12
46
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students12
22,225
354% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure46above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure22,225354% above
Students per teacher12County figure16.57% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure18.611% below
Shops per 10k9County figure22.127% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure3.124% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure16.319% below
Child care centers per 10k9County figure2.613% above
Parks per 10k100.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k1012.229% above
Grocery stores per 10k103.044% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1048.7337% above
Libraries per 10k100.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails100.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi107.4above (median 0.2)
National Register listings11County figure77above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 26.0%, 62% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Crestview Hills. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days15
26.0%
62% below the median place
Wildfire risk14
20.9
66% below the median place
Median air quality index15
56
30% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureCrestview HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure86°F1% below
January average low13County figure23°F7% below
Average temperature13County figure55°F1% below
Annual precipitation13County figure45.8 in5% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure77.416% below
Hurricane risk14County figure13.181% below
Tornado risk14County figure91.713% above
Wildfire risk14County figure20.966% below
Heat wave risk14County figure80.611% below
Median air quality index15Metro figure5630% above
Good air days15Metro figure26.0%62% below
08

Crestview Hills in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 19% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 19% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,481/mo (2024)$1,900/mo$1,560 to $2,320/mo+4.2%
Median household income$95,441 (2024)$121,000$102,000 to $143,000+4.0%
Median home value$279,800 (2024)$390,000$283,000 to $537,000+5.7%
Population3,301 (2025)3,3703,230 to 3,510+0.4%

The median home would be worth 3.2 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.9 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Crestview Hills

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Rochester, MN$1,399$89,389Compare
Brownsburg, IN$1,486$102,235Compare
Auburn Hills, MI$1,477$84,375Compare
Andover, KS$1,450$104,787Compare
Andover, KSAuburn Hills, MIBrownsburg, INRochester, MNCrestview Hills, KYCrestview HillsRochesterBrownsburgAuburn HillsAndoverCrestview HillsRochesterBrownsburgAuburn HillsAndover

Common questions

Is Crestview Hills a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 115 hours a year commuting, less than in 91% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. Owning with a mortgage costs only about $162 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 87% of places its size. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Crestview Hills expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 18.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $279,800.

What salary do you need to live in Crestview Hills?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $59,240 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Crestview Hills?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Rochester, MN, Brownsburg, IN, Auburn Hills, MI and Andover, KS.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Crestview Hills with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Crestview Hills itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/crestview-hills-kentucky

Citytistics. “Crestview Hills, Kentucky.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/crestview-hills-kentucky/

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