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Jamestown is a small town of 1,739 people in Russell County, Kentucky. It's about 67 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 87 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $122k and rent runs about $593 a month.
1,739people
$122kTypical home
$593/moRent
86° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,739
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 473 people per sq mi
- 87 mi to Louisville, KY
- 67 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 26 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $122k (≈$768/mo)
- Median rent $593/mo
- Median household income $21k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 14.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (68 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (370 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 26% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 76 mi to LEX airport
- 89 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 135 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 978 ft
- 389 mi to the ocean
- 156 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 77 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 48 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 50 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Russell County: R+72 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.