A town of 26,845, settled in 1821. Home to 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Paducah does most differently from other towns.
1880 · 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 33 places on the National Register.
1890
Kentucky. Paducah, wharf scene
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Ordered by what stands out in Paducah. Another town gets a different order.
53% of Paducah’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mayfield (2%), Calvert City (2%) and Murray (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
15 miles of trails across 18 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bob Noble Park | 1.9 mi | 163 |
| 2. White Haven | 0.5 mi | 13 |
| 3. Dolly McNutt Memorial Plaza | 0.3 mi | 3 |
Paducah beats the Kentucky average on 0 of 5 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Paducah | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 54.4% | 58.1% |
The typical Paducah home is worth about $194,000, down 1.3% in a year, 17% below the Kentucky typical home.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 91% of U.S. communities.
Paducah reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 82% report less.
The public schools Paducah’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary School | K–5 | 615 | A− |
| Concord Elementary School | PK–5 | 606 | A+ |
| Morgan Elementary School | K–5 | 369 | D |
| McNabb Elementary School | K–5 | 334 | D |
| Paducah Middle School | 6–8 | 632 | C+ |
| Paducah Tilghman High School | 9–12 | 860 | B− |
Paducah has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 27°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
33 places in Paducah on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Kentucky, United States
Paducah ( pə-DOO-kə) is a city in the Upland South and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The most populous city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern United States at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,137, up from 25,024 in 2010. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Paducah is the principal city of the Paducah metropolitan area, which includes McCracken, Ballard, Carlisle and Li…
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3 towns share a border with Paducah.
