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Fancy Farm is a tiny town of 326 people in Graves County, Kentucky. It's about 20 miles from Paducah, KY and 125 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $136k and rent runs about $667 a month.
326people
$136kTypical home
$667/moRent
90° / 45°Summer / winter
3"Snow
234Sunny days
100Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 326
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 372 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to Nashville, TN
- 20 mi to Paducah, KY
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $136k (≈$854/mo)
- Median rent $667/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (104 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 100 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (106 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (633 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 57
- 25% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to PAH airport
- 126 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 68 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 417 ft
- 421 mi to the ocean
- 31 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 157 mi to the nearest ski area
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 94 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 9% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Graves County: R+62 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low 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.