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Mayfield is a big small town of 9,868 people in Graves County, Kentucky. It's about 23 miles from Paducah, KY and 116 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $113k and rent runs about $644 a month.
9,868people
$113kTypical home
$644/moRent
90° / 45°Summer / winter
3"Snow
234Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,868
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,343 people per sq mi
- 116 mi to Nashville, TN
- 23 mi to Paducah, KY
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $113k (≈$709/mo)
- Median rent $644/mo
- Median household income $41k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 3.0% 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
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (197 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,434 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 28% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to PAH airport
- 117 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 75 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 482 ft
- 416 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 166 mi to the nearest ski area
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 138 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 28 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 29% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Graves County: R+62 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk