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Manchester is a small town of 1,541 people in Clay County, Kentucky. It's about 70 miles from Morristown, TN and 125 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $141k and rent runs about $596 a month.
1,541people
$141kTypical home
$596/moRent
87° / 46°Summer / winter
9"Snow
211Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,541
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 526 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to Louisville, KY
- 70 mi to Morristown, TN
- 42 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $141k (≈$886/mo)
- Median rent $596/mo
- Median household income $32k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 211 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 154 cloudy days a year
- 52 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (44 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (279 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 29% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 77 mi to LEX airport
- 93 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 53% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 896 ft
- 357 mi to the ocean
- 179 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 44 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 34 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 52 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clay County: R+80 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High 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.