Living in Maysville, KY
Maysville is a big small town of 8,737 people in Mason County, Kentucky. It's about 51 miles from Cincinnati, OH. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $152k and rent runs about $699 a month.
8,737people
$152kTypical home
$699/moRent
86° / 40°Summer / winter
15"Snow
213Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,737
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 460 people per sq mi
- 51 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 51 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 35 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $152k (≈$955/mo)
- Median rent $699/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (212 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,785 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 28% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to LUK airport
- 55 mi to CVG (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 850 ft
- 348 mi to the ocean
- 198 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 61 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 37 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 37 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Mason County: R+44 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk