Best PlacesGratz, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gratz, 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.
Gratz ranks 45,366th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Gratz
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.
Gratz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gratz ranks high
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 62% of towns
Where Gratz ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,418 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gratz
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gratz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,418, 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 Gratz's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gratz
Gratz 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 Gratz.
Who works in Gratz, and how
Work in Gratz centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gratz
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gratz.
What the weather is like in Gratz, month by month
Gratz 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 Gratz
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gratz
Schools across Gratz average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Owen County Elementary/primary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Henry County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Maurice Bowling Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Owen County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gratz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gratz 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 Gratz against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gratz
Is Gratz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gratz ranks 45,366th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, civic engagement, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gratz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,771. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $48,418 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Gratz safe?
Gratz is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Gratz with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gratz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gratz 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.
Gratz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gratz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gratz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gratz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gratz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gratz 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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