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Sharpsburg is a tiny town of 519 people in Bath County, Kentucky. It's about 29 miles from Lexington, KY and 72 miles from Cincinnati, OH, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $84k and rent runs about $340 a month.
519people
$84kTypical home
$340/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
9"Snow
213Sunny days
137Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 519
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,635 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 29 mi to Lexington, KY
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $84k (≈$532/mo)
- Median rent $340/mo
- Median household income $31k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 137 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 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 (31 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (132 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 31% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 8% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to LEX airport
- 71 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,017 ft
- 356 mi to the ocean
- 229 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 63 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bath County: R+51 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk