Living in Park Hills, KY
Park Hills is a small town of 3,165 people in Kenton County, Kentucky. It's about 5 miles from Cincinnati, OH. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $282k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,165people
$282kTypical home
$1,042/moRent
86° / 39°Summer / winter
18"Snow
220Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,165
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,073 people per sq mi
- 5 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 5 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $282k (≈$1,779/mo)
- Median rent $1,042/mo
- Median household income $100k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 220 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 145 cloudy days a year
- 51 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (85 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (419 per 100k)
People
- Median age 33
- 27% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 62% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to LUK airport
- 7 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 804 ft
- 389 mi to the ocean
- 183 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 90 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,401 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 297 bars within 25 mi
- 368 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 9 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 59 museums within 25 mi
- 23 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kenton County: R+22 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