Dawson Springs, Kentucky

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,711
Male Share of the Population	46.4%
Female Share of the Population	53.6%
Senior Citizens	21.8%
Employed Population 16+	854
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	43.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	8%
Median Earnings25+	$28,295
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,190
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,402

Wealth

Median Family Income	$33,611
% Above Poverty Level	64.1%
% Below Poverty Level	35.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	23 minutes
% Working from Home	%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.5%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	34.1%
Median Gross Rent	$502
Median House Value	$49,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	16%
Irish	13.5%
English	13.2%
German	10.1%
Italian	1.1%
French Except Basque	1%
Polish	0.6%
Dutch	0.6%
Swiss	0.4%
Scottish	0.4%
Serbian	0.2%
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Dawson Springs Almanac

Category	Value
County	Hopkins County
Standard Zip Codes	42408
Phone Area Codes	270
Time Zone
Approximate Latitude	37.17
Approximate Longitude	-87.68

Dawson Springs Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	PRINCETON 1 SE
Distance	10.2 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 45 F
Apr Temp	47 to 72 F
Jul Temp	68 to 92 F
Oct Temp	47 to 74 F
Annual Precip	51.4 inches

Station	PROVIDENCE
Distance	16.6 miles
Jan Temp	22 to 41 F
Apr Temp	43 to 69 F
Jul Temp	67 to 90 F
Oct Temp	45 to 71 F
Annual Precip	43.6 inches

Station	GILBERTSVILLE KY DAM
Distance	33.3 miles
Jan Temp	27 to 45 F
Apr Temp	47 to 72 F
Jul Temp	70 to 94 F
Oct Temp	50 to 74 F
Annual Precip	51 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Crofton	613	$51,406
Earlington	1,318	$49,250
Mortons Gap	1,090	$41,250
Nortonville	1,032	$41,250
Princeton	6,173	$48,793
St. Charles	339	$0

Dawson Springs Public Schools

Dawson Springs Elementary
317 Eli St
ZIP: 42408
(270) 797-2991
Primary
Total Enrollment 382

Dawson Springs Pre-school
304 E Arcadia Ave.
ZIP: 42408
(270) 797-5203

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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