Best PlacesRex, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rex, 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.
Rex ranks 39,424th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rex
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.
Rex's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rex ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 71% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Rex ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rex
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rex home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,750, 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 Rex's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rex
Rex runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rex.
Who works in Rex, and how
Work in Rex centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rex
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rex.
What the weather is like in Rex, month by month
Rex sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Rex
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rex
Schools across Rex average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Memorial Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Legrande Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Hart County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rex school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rex 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 Rex against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rex
Is Rex a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rex ranks 39,424th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather 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 Rex expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,900. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $58,750 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Rex safe?
Rex is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Rex with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rex. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rex 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.
Rex detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rex: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rex: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rex: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rex: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rex 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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