General Kentucky Quality of Life Information  
  Median Home Price (2008): Bourbon County - $119,900 for 44 homes, Clark County - $127,500 for 143 homes, Fayette County - $150,000 for 1700 homes, Franklin County - $125,000 for 210 homes, Jessamine County - $136,550 for 193 homes, Madison County - $131,976 for 304 homes, Scott County - $139,000 for 210 homes, Woodford County - $150,000 for 123 homes  
  Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated.  
  Climate  
  Temperature    
  Normal (30-year record) 55.2 degrees  
  Average Annual, 2007 57.3 degrees  
  Record Highest, July 1999 (63-year record) 103 degrees  
  Record Lowest, January 1963 (63-year record) -21 degrees  
  Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record) 4,713  
  Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record) 1,154  
  Precipitation    
  Normal (30-year record) 45.91 inches  
  Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record) 15.7 inches  
  Total Precipitation, 2007 43.71 inches  
  Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record) 130.8  
  Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (60-year record) 41.4  
  Prevailing Winds South  
  Relative Humidity (30-year record)    
  1 a.m. 79 percent  
  7 a.m. 83 percent  
  1 p.m. 61 percent  
  7 p.m. 66 percent  
  Note: Heating degree day totals are the sums of positive departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.  Cooling degree day totals are the sum of negative departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data, 2007.
Station of record: Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, KY.		  
  Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2008-2009  
    Total Enrollment Expenditures Per Pupil Pupil To Teacher Ratio  
  Berea Independent Schools 1,121 10,110 15.9  
  Bourbon County Schools 2,649 9,644 15.0  
  Clark County Schools 5,637 7,960 15.4  
  Fayette County Schools 36,736 9,959 13.9  
  Frankfort Independent Schools 804 12,307 12.3  
  Franklin County Schools 6,079 8,732 15.7  
  Jessamine County Schools 7,651 9,501 15.2  
  Madison County Schools 10,848 8,665 15.9  
  Paris Independent Schools 802 9,082 14.1  
  Scott County Schools 8,003 8,427 16.6  
  Woodford County Schools 4,051 7,881 16.8  
  Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.  
  Certified Non-Public School Enrollments, 2008-2009  
  Number of Schools Total Enrollment  
  24 7,420  
  Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.
Note:  Recognized as certified by the Kentucky Department of Education.