KY area data
Gays Creek, KY
Gays Creek, KY.
Population: 767 (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
- inlandFlooding, landslide, strongWind, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 55.2 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 40
- Days with Good air quality
- 290
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (51 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Duff Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Julian Carroll Airport (18 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 14
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.5 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,979
- Median annual property tax
- $1,167
- Households with broadband internet
- 10.3%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 9,166
- Average weekly wage
- $982
- Top industries (by employment)
- Administrative Services, Professional Services, Finance & Insurance
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