Best PlacesBybee, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bybee, 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.
Bybee ranks 24,448th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bybee
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.
Bybee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bybee ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- QuietBetter than 71% of towns
Where Bybee ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bybee
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bybee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,375, 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 Bybee's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bybee
Bybee runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bybee.
Who works in Bybee, and how
Work in Bybee centers on public administration and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bybee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bybee.
What the weather is like in Bybee, month by month
Bybee 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 Bybee
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bybee
Schools across Bybee average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waco Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Central High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bybee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bybee 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 Bybee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bybee
Is Bybee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bybee ranks 24,448th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, an educated workforce, and few empty homes, and lowest on tree cover and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bybee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,100. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $82,375 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Bybee safe?
Yes, Bybee is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Bybee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bybee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bybee 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.
Bybee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bybee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bybee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bybee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bybee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bybee 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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