Best PlacesBass, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bass, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bass ranks 47,577th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bass
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.
Bass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bass ranks high
- Cheap childcare$441 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Bass ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$31,029 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bass
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $31,029, 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 Bass' effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bass
Bass 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 Bass.
Who works in Bass, and how
Work in Bass centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bass
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bass.
What the weather is like in Bass, month by month
Bass sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Bass
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bass
Schools across Bass average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Walnut Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Taylor County Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Taylor County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Casey County Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Casey County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Taylor County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bass 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 Bass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bass
Is Bass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bass ranks 47,577th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,434. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $31,029 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bass safe?
Bass is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Bass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bass 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.
Bass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bass 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.