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A city of 7,269 people in Kentucky
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Conserved land0.1%3 of 3,022 acres
Trails0.6 mi0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Flatwoods

City in Kentucky, United States
7,325Population
3.3 sq miArea
682 ftElevation

Flatwoods is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,325 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Greenup County. Flatwoods is a part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. Locally, Flatwoods is considered to be a bedroom community, as it has no large employer within the city. Many residents work for CSX Transportation, Marathon Petroleum, or King's Daughters Medical Center.

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ZIP code41139
Area code606
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Housing in Flatwoods

$154K▲ 4.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Flatwoods home is worth about $154,000, up 4.1% in a year, 34% below the Kentucky typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market22
Sale-to-list95.3%
Sold in May10
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Safety Grade A

Flatwoods reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Flatwoods 0.6
Kentucky 2.1
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Flatwoods 2.9
Kentucky 12.8
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A

The public schools Flatwoods’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#22Best public schoolsof 126 in KY
DistrictRussell IndependentSchools6

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within KY. Ratings are from neighbors.

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Wikimedia Commons · Map: The original uploader was Seth Ilys at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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