Best PlacesCaleast, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Caleast, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Caleast ranks 4,824th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Caleast
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.
Caleast's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caleast ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Caleast ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Caleast
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caleast home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,038, 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 Caleast's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Caleast
Caleast runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Caleast.
Who works in Caleast, and how
Work in Caleast centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Caleast
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Caleast.
What the weather is like in Caleast, month by month
Caleast 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 Caleast
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caleast
Schools across Caleast average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Farristown Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Southern High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Madison Central High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caleast school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caleast 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 Caleast against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Caleast
Is Caleast a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caleast ranks 4,824th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, few empty homes, and a strong job market, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caleast expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,300. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $94,038 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Caleast safe?
Yes, Caleast is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Caleast with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caleast. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caleast 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.
Caleast detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caleast: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caleast: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caleast: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caleast: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caleast 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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