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Whitesburg is a small town of 1,761 people in Letcher County, Kentucky. It's about 44 miles from Kingsport, TN and 167 miles from Cincinnati, OH, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $112k and rent runs about $640 a month.
1,761people
$112kTypical home
$640/moRent
82° / 44°Summer / winter
21"Snow
209Sunny days
151Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,761
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 562 people per sq mi
- 167 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 44 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 44 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $112k (≈$704/mo)
- Median rent $640/mo
- Median household income $29k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 209 sunny days a year (68 totally clear)
- 156 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 151 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (49 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 31% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to TRI airport
- 111 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 92 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,214 ft
- 305 mi to the ocean
- 168 mi to a big lake
- 36 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 43 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Letcher County: R+64 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk