KY area data
Hitchins, KY
Hitchins, KY.
Population: 517 (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
- heatWave, landslide
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 53.0°F
- Average high
- 64.0°F
- Average low
- 41.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 50.7 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 37
- Days with Good air quality
- 321
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Womstead Field (9 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS) (28 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 10
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.1 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 3
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.0 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,973
- Median annual property tax
- $199
- Households with broadband internet
- 23.9%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 4,427
- Average weekly wage
- $779
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 1
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