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Barbourville is a small town of 3,146 people in Knox County, Kentucky. It's about 56 miles from Morristown, TN and 132 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $182k and rent runs about $702 a month.
3,146people
$182kTypical home
$702/moRent
87° / 45°Summer / winter
9"Snow
225Sunny days
143Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,146
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,185 people per sq mi
- 132 mi to Louisville, KY
- 56 mi to Morristown, TN
- 43 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $182k (≈$1,150/mo)
- Median rent $702/mo
- Median household income $22k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 143 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (181 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (525 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 17% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 73 mi to TYS airport
- 73 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 124 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 974 ft
- 345 mi to the ocean
- 162 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 64 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 81 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 9 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 63 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Knox County: R+71 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk