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Liberty is a small town of 1,672 people in Casey County, Kentucky. It's about 58 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 70 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $122k and rent runs about $617 a month.
1,672people
$122kTypical home
$617/moRent
87° / 44°Summer / winter
14"Snow
219Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,672
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 894 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Louisville, KY
- 58 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $122k (≈$771/mo)
- Median rent $617/mo
- Median household income $29k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 219 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 146 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 6 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 (107 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (138 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 25% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to LEX airport
- 74 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 112 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 827 ft
- 403 mi to the ocean
- 166 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 75 mi to the nearest ski area
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 60 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 9 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 19 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 43 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Casey County: R+76 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate 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