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Nortonville is a tiny town of 904 people in Hopkins County, Kentucky. It's about 43 miles from Clarksville, TN and 86 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $69k and rent runs about $857 a month.
904people
$69kTypical home
$857/moRent
89° / 45°Summer / winter
9"Snow
233Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 904
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 780 people per sq mi
- 86 mi to Nashville, TN
- 43 mi to Clarksville, TN
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $69k (≈$435/mo)
- Median rent $857/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (84 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (443 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 33% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to OWB airport
- 85 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 427 ft
- 447 mi to the ocean
- 32 mi to a big lake
- 43 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 108 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 85 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 9 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 15 congregations per 10k people
- 42 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hopkins County: R+51 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk