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Doe Valley is a small town of 1,776 people in Meade County, Kentucky. It's about 23 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 28 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 7 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $333k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,776people
$333kTypical home
$1,026/moRent
86° / 43°Summer / winter
7"Snow
224Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,776
- Part of a metro area
- About 437 people per sq mi
- 28 mi to Louisville, KY
- 23 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $333k (≈$2,102/mo)
- Median rent $1,026/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 112 days a year with rain or snow
- 7" of snow a year
- 2 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 (53 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (285 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 32% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to SDF airport
- 24 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 116 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 581 ft
- 476 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 181 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 38 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Meade County: R+52 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
- Moderate 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.