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Galena is a small town of 1,549 people in Floyd County, Indiana. It's about 21 miles from Louisville, KY. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $281k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,549people
$281kTypical home
$1,036/moRent
88° / 42°Summer / winter
8"Snow
223Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,549
- Part of a metro area
- About 580 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Louisville, KY
- 21 mi to Louisville, KY
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $281k (≈$1,773/mo)
- Median rent $1,036/mo
- Median household income $128k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (171 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,020 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 35% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to SDF airport
- 17 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 92 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 774 ft
- 464 mi to the ocean
- 145 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 40 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 717 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 90 bars within 25 mi
- 163 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 8 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 27 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 18% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Floyd County: R+16 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.