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Albany is a small town of 1,896 people in Clinton County, Kentucky. It's about 74 miles from Bowling Green, KY and 98 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $111k and rent runs about $480 a month.
1,896people
$111kTypical home
$480/moRent
85° / 45°Summer / winter
4"Snow
225Sunny days
101Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,896
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 834 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Nashville, TN
- 74 mi to Bowling Green, KY
- 40 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $111k (≈$701/mo)
- Median rent $480/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 101 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (100 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (137 per 100k)
People
- Median age 46
- 20% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 88 mi to TYS airport
- 88 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 155 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 951 ft
- 376 mi to the ocean
- 152 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 57 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 44 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 56 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 41 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clinton County: R+76 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk