Area data
Lexington, KY — ZIP 40526
Population: 2,383 (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 Moderate
- Top hazards
- coldWave, iceStorm, lightning, strongWind, tornado
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 56.0°F
- Average high
- 67.0°F
- Average low
- 45.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 51.1 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 41
- Days with Good air quality
- 266
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Camp Nelson National Monument (17 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Forest Hill Airport - Silo Field (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Blue Grass Airport (LEX) (7 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 22
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.3 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 45
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Mean commute to work
- 12 min
- Households with broadband internet
- 0.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 159,917
- Average weekly wage
- $1,128
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 244
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