McKee, Kentucky.
Typical home $114,297 (-17.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$199 (+49%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $24,573 -18%
- $138,870$114,297 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $28,125 -20%
- $142,422$114,297 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- McKee$600
- Kentucky$1,212
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in McKee, KY fell 17.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in McKee, Jackson County, Kentucky
McKee is a city of 803 people in Jackson County. Unemployment in Jackson County was 6.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jackson County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. McKee is a very small city, the seat of Jackson County in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Homes here are modest, with a typical value well below what many Americans would expect to pay elsewhere. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm in July. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in government, and in shops. Across Jackson County, the largest workplaces include Jackson County Schools, Jackson Energy and Signature Healthcare. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. Daniel Boone National Forest, a large protected area, is a longer drive away and offers woods and trails to explore. Natural Bridge State Resort Park, another protected area, and Lake Linville are also a longer drive away. The Red River, a river known for its scenery, lies in the same direction.
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What people in Jackson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 1,770 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 63°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Booneville 12SW weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jackson County
- Jackson County SchoolsSchool district332FTE
- Jackson EnergyDistribution of electric power117
- Signature HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities60
- Phillips Diversified Mfg., Inc.-AnnvilleCircuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing42
- Chfs DcbsState government30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 249 people in all across the county; McKee has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of McKeeRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in McKee’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jackson County.
McKee home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- McKee$114,297
- Kentucky$230,909
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 McKee listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- McKee26.02%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- McKee45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- McKee9
Zip codes with a McKee address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls McKee — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.