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Northfield is a small town of 1,250 people in Jefferson County, Kentucky. It's about 8 miles from Louisville, KY. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $513k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,250people
$513kTypical home
$1,659/moRent
88° / 43°Summer / winter
10"Snow
223Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,250
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,654 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Louisville, KY
- 8 mi to Louisville, KY
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $513k (≈$3,237/mo)
- Median rent $1,659/mo
- Median household income $111k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 10" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (11 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (263 per 100k)
People
- Median age 47
- 26% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 60% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to SDF airport
- 10 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 82 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 607 ft
- 448 mi to the ocean
- 156 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 830 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 93 bars within 25 mi
- 194 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 26 museums within 25 mi
- 19 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: D+16 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High 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