Area data
Berea, KY — ZIP 40404
Population: 1,114 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 396.0 (+2.4% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 90.2 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.2¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $14.20/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, strongWind, winterWeather, coldWave, hail
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 52.8 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Camp Nelson National Monument (17 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Berea-Richmond Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Central Kentucky Regional Airport (6 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 24
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.9 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 18
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Households with broadband internet
- 100.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 28,690
- Average weekly wage
- $970
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Professional Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 536
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