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Stanford is a small town of 3,643 people in Lincoln County, Kentucky. It's about 41 miles from Lexington, KY and 70 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 7 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $155k and rent runs about $669 a month.
3,643people
$155kTypical home
$669/moRent
86° / 44°Summer / winter
7"Snow
219Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,643
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 760 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Louisville, KY
- 41 mi to Lexington, KY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $155k (≈$977/mo)
- Median rent $669/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 219 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 146 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 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 (87 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (248 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 30% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to LEX airport
- 74 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 91 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 909 ft
- 402 mi to the ocean
- 183 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 30 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 81 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lincoln County: R+61 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk