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About Hazard
City in Kentucky, United StatesHazard is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,263 at the 2020 census.
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Housing in Hazard
The typical Hazard home is worth about $108,000, down 4.7% in a year, 54% below the Kentucky typical home.
Safety in Hazard
Safety Grade B-
Hazard reports less crime per resident than 53% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Kentucky has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Hazard sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Hazard
All Hazard schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Hazard’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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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