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Middlesborough is a big small town of 9,123 people in Bell County, Kentucky. It's about 37 miles from Morristown, TN and 151 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $100k and rent runs about $598 a month.
9,123people
$100kTypical home
$598/moRent
86° / 44°Summer / winter
9"Snow
225Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,123
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,236 people per sq mi
- 151 mi to Louisville, KY
- 37 mi to Morristown, TN
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $100k (≈$630/mo)
- Median rent $598/mo
- Median household income $31k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (43 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (230 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 25% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 57 mi to TYS airport
- 57 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 141 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 61% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,184 ft
- 325 mi to the ocean
- 142 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 55 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 41 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 20% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 49 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 36 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Bell County: R+69 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk