Best PlacesVertrees, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vertrees, 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.
Vertrees ranks 31,524th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vertrees
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.
Vertrees' strengths and weaknesses
Where Vertrees ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Vertrees ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vertrees
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vertrees home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,669, 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 Vertrees' effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vertrees
Vertrees's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vertrees.
Who works in Vertrees, and how
Work in Vertrees centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Vertrees
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vertrees.
What the weather is like in Vertrees, month by month
Vertrees sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 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 | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Vertrees
The nearest airport, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vertrees
Schools across Vertrees average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilia Valley Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hardin Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Hardin High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vertrees school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vertrees 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 Vertrees against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vertrees
Is Vertrees a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vertrees ranks 31,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vertrees expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,050. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $67,669 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Vertrees safe?
Vertrees is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare Vertrees with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vertrees. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vertrees 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.
Vertrees detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vertrees: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vertrees: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vertrees: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vertrees: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vertrees 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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