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Burkesville is a small town of 1,454 people in Cumberland County, Kentucky. It's about 60 miles from Bowling Green, KY and 90 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $117k and rent runs about $508 a month.
1,454people
$117kTypical home
$508/moRent
88° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
100Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,454
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 565 people per sq mi
- 90 mi to Nashville, TN
- 60 mi to Bowling Green, KY
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $117k (≈$740/mo)
- Median rent $508/mo
- Median household income $34k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 100 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" 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 (30 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (198 per 100k)
People
- Median age 51
- 23% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 86 mi to BNA airport
- 86 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 155 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 564 ft
- 390 mi to the ocean
- 140 mi to a big lake
- 34 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 68 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 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
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 42 mi to the nearest dog park
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cumberland County: R+71 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk