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Salyersville is a small town of 1,708 people in Magoffin County, Kentucky. It's about 57 miles from Huntington, WV and 124 miles from Cincinnati, OH, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 15 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $83k and rent runs about $693 a month.
1,708people
$83kTypical home
$693/moRent
86° / 44°Summer / winter
15"Snow
211Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,708
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 692 people per sq mi
- 124 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 57 mi to Huntington, WV
- 55 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $83k (≈$525/mo)
- Median rent $693/mo
- Median household income $21k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 211 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 154 cloudy days a year
- 52 of 90 winter days are gray
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 15" of snow a year
- 5 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 (44 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (84 per 100k)
People
- Median age 47
- 31% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to HTS airport
- 125 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 56 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,070 ft
- 314 mi to the ocean
- 184 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 34 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 33 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
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 56 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Magoffin County: R+64 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.