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Bloomfield is a small town of 1,124 people in Nelson County, Kentucky. It's about 25 miles from Louisville, KY. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $182k and rent runs about $750 a month.
1,124people
$182kTypical home
$750/moRent
89° / 43°Summer / winter
9"Snow
225Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,124
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 780 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Louisville, KY
- 25 mi to Louisville, KY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $182k (≈$1,148/mo)
- Median rent $750/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (31 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (483 per 100k)
People
- Median age 50
- 25% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to SDF airport
- 29 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 93 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 682 ft
- 434 mi to the ocean
- 158 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 46 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 21 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 167 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 33 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Nelson County: R+42 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk