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Cave City is a small town of 2,730 people in Barren County, Kentucky. It's about 28 miles from Bowling Green, KY and 73 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°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 $704 a month.
2,730people
$117kTypical home
$704/moRent
90° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,730
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 618 people per sq mi
- 73 mi to Louisville, KY
- 28 mi to Bowling Green, KY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $117k (≈$736/mo)
- Median rent $704/mo
- Median household income $28k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (69 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (666 per 100k)
People
- Median age 33
- 30% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 72 mi to SDF airport
- 72 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 157 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 646 ft
- 430 mi to the ocean
- 108 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 90 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 49 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 7% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 49 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Barren County: R+53 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High 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