Best PlacesBee Spring, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bee Spring, 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.
Bee Spring ranks 42,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Bee Spring
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.
Bee Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bee Spring ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$661 a month, better than 71% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 104 pleasant days a year, better than 71% of towns
Where Bee Spring ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bee Spring
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bee Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,510, 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 Bee Spring's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bee Spring
Bee Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bee Spring.
Who works in Bee Spring, and how
Work in Bee Spring centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Bee Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bee Spring.
What the weather is like in Bee Spring, month by month
Bee Spring sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bee Spring
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bee Spring
Schools across Bee Spring average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kyrock Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Oran P Lawler Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edmonson County 5/6 CenterC− · 30% proficient
- Grayson County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Edmonson County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Grayson County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bee Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bee Spring 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 Bee Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bee Spring
Is Bee Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bee Spring ranks 42,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on education levels and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bee Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,043. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $51,510 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Bee Spring safe?
Bee Spring is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Bee Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bee Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bee Spring 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.
Bee Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bee Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bee Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bee Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bee Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bee Spring 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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