Living in Greensburg, KY
Greensburg is a small town of 2,106 people in Green County, Kentucky. It's about 37 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 63 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $140k and rent runs about $553 a month.
2,106people
$140kTypical home
$553/moRent
88° / 45°Summer / winter
10"Snow
225Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,106
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,036 people per sq mi
- 63 mi to Louisville, KY
- 37 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $140k (≈$885/mo)
- Median rent $553/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 112 days a year with rain or snow
- 10" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (142 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (395 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 40% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 64 mi to SDF airport
- 64 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 134 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 623 ft
- 419 mi to the ocean
- 135 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 83 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 49 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 16 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Green County: R+73 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk