Best PlacesGreat Crossing, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Great Crossing, 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.
Great Crossing ranks 1,341st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Great Crossing
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.
Great Crossing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Great Crossing ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$130,509 median, better than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Great Crossing ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$922 a month, better than only 34% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 40% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 43% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Great Crossing
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Great Crossing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $130,509, 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 Great Crossing's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Great Crossing
Great Crossing runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Great Crossing.
Who works in Great Crossing, and how
Work in Great Crossing centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Great Crossing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Great Crossing.
What the weather is like in Great Crossing, month by month
Great Crossing sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Great Crossing
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Great Crossing
Schools across Great Crossing average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Stamping Ground Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Southern Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scott County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Georgetown Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Scott County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Great Crossing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Great Crossing 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 Great Crossing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Great Crossing
Is Great Crossing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Great Crossing ranks 1,341st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, heat safety, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Great Crossing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $400,643. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $130,509 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Great Crossing safe?
Yes, Great Crossing is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Great Crossing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Great Crossing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Great Crossing 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.
Great Crossing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Great Crossing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Great Crossing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Great Crossing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Great Crossing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Great Crossing 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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