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Taylorsville is a small town of 1,496 people in Spencer County, Kentucky. It's about 19 miles from Louisville, KY. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $247k and rent runs about $939 a month.
1,496people
$247kTypical home
$939/moRent
91° / 44°Summer / winter
10"Snow
223Sunny days
115Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,496
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,595 people per sq mi
- 19 mi to Louisville, KY
- 19 mi to Louisville, KY
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $247k (≈$1,558/mo)
- Median rent $939/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 115 days a year with rain or snow
- 10" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (24 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (493 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 39% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to SDF airport
- 23 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 86 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 61% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 492 ft
- 434 mi to the ocean
- 161 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 37 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 586 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 64 bars within 25 mi
- 133 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 17 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 42% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Spencer County: R+57 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
- 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.