Living in Munfordville, KY
Munfordville is a small town of 1,893 people in Hart County, Kentucky. It's about 29 miles from Elizabethtown, KY and 63 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $119k and rent runs about $661 a month.
1,893people
$119kTypical home
$661/moRent
88° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,893
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 845 people per sq mi
- 63 mi to Louisville, KY
- 29 mi to Elizabethtown, KY
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $119k (≈$750/mo)
- Median rent $661/mo
- Median household income $33k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (185 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 28% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to SDF airport
- 62 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 147 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 614 ft
- 434 mi to the ocean
- 113 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 80 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 44 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 41 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hart County: R+60 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk