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Crothersville is a small town of 1,720 people in Jackson County, Indiana. It's about 29 miles from Columbus, IN and 45 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $120k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,720people
$120kTypical home
$1,034/moRent
87° / 40°Summer / winter
11"Snow
223Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,720
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,483 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Louisville, KY
- 29 mi to Columbus, IN
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $120k (≈$759/mo)
- Median rent $1,034/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 97 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (36 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (433 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 39% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to SDF airport
- 43 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 69 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 561 ft
- 458 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 50 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jackson County: R+55 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 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
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk