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Paintsville is a small town of 4,203 people in Johnson County, Kentucky. It's about 46 miles from Huntington, WV and 129 miles from Cincinnati, OH, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 7 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $116k and rent runs about $637 a month.
4,203people
$116kTypical home
$637/moRent
86° / 43°Summer / winter
7"Snow
209Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,203
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 634 people per sq mi
- 129 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 46 mi to Huntington, WV
- 45 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $116k (≈$732/mo)
- Median rent $637/mo
- Median household income $28k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 209 sunny days a year (68 totally clear)
- 156 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 7" of snow a year
- 3 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 (134 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (358 per 100k)
People
- Median age 45
- 29% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to HTS airport
- 132 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 46 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 54% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 833 ft
- 299 mi to the ocean
- 171 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 43 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 37 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 29% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 45 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Johnson County: R+71 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk