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Hardin is a tiny town of 446 people in Marshall County, Kentucky. It's about 28 miles from Paducah, KY and 99 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $97k and rent runs about $517 a month.
446people
$97kTypical home
$517/moRent
90° / 45°Summer / winter
5"Snow
234Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 446
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 636 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to Nashville, TN
- 28 mi to Paducah, KY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $97k (≈$609/mo)
- Median rent $517/mo
- Median household income $30k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% 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
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (38 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (753 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 27% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to PAH airport
- 101 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 76% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 420 ft
- 417 mi to the ocean
- 11 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 158 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 15 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marshall County: R+57 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk