Living in Bradfordsville, KY
Bradfordsville is a tiny town of 444 people in Marion County, Kentucky. It's about 43 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 54 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $168k and rent runs about $681 a month.
444people
$168kTypical home
$681/moRent
88° / 44°Summer / winter
15"Snow
225Sunny days
133Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 444
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,644 people per sq mi
- 54 mi to Louisville, KY
- 43 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $168k (≈$1,060/mo)
- Median rent $681/mo
- Median household income $30k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 44°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
- 133 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (76 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (299 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 36% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 48 mi to LEX airport
- 57 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 109 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 742 ft
- 420 mi to the ocean
- 157 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 75 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 41 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marion County: R+44 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.