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Horse Cave is a small town of 2,143 people in Hart County, Kentucky. It's about 31 miles from Bowling Green, KY and 70 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $114k and rent runs about $651 a month.
2,143people
$114kTypical home
$651/moRent
90° / 47°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,143
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 681 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Louisville, KY
- 31 mi to Bowling Green, KY
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $114k (≈$717/mo)
- Median rent $651/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 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
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (35 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (184 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 23% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 70 mi to SDF airport
- 70 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 154 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 627 ft
- 430 mi to the ocean
- 111 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 88 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 7% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 46 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hart County: R+60 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk