Best PlacesGee, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gee ranks 27,266th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Gee
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.
Gee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gee ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 72% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
- Household income$84,042 median, better than 70% of towns
Where Gee ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Short commute33.3 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gee
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,042, 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 Gee's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gee
Gee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gee.
Who works in Gee, and how
Work in Gee centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Gee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gee.
What the weather is like in Gee, month by month
Gee sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Gee
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 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gee
Schools across Gee average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robert B. Turner Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Taylorsville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Heritage ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spencer County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Anderson County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Shelby County East Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Anderson County High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Spencer County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Shelby County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gee 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 Gee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gee
Is Gee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gee ranks 27,266th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,826. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $84,042 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Gee safe?
Yes, Gee is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Gee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gee 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.
Gee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gee 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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