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Columbia is a small town of 4,808 people in Adair County, Kentucky. It's about 52 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 76 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $144k and rent runs about $757 a month.
4,808people
$144kTypical home
$757/moRent
87° / 44°Summer / winter
8"Snow
225Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,808
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 987 people per sq mi
- 76 mi to Louisville, KY
- 52 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $144k (≈$906/mo)
- Median rent $757/mo
- Median household income $47k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°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
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" 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
- Very low violent crime (71 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (227 per 100k)
People
- Median age 28
- 27% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 28% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 75 mi to LEX airport
- 77 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 136 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 758 ft
- 404 mi to the ocean
- 143 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 87 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 55 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 35 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Adair 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk