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Grand Rivers is a tiny town of 436 people in Livingston County, Kentucky. It's about 23 miles from Paducah, KY and 105 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $171k and rent runs about $790 a month.
436people
$171kTypical home
$790/moRent
90° / 46°Summer / winter
5"Snow
233Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 436
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 237 people per sq mi
- 105 mi to Nashville, TN
- 23 mi to Paducah, KY
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $171k (≈$1,081/mo)
- Median rent $790/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (79 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (359 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 21% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to PAH airport
- 106 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 73 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 433 ft
- 433 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 143 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 67 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Livingston County: R+63 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk