Paducah
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Outdoors in Paducah
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1880
1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky (KY) - McCracken County - Paducah - ED 73-1 to 48, 1880
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St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic Church
The St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic Church (Church of St. Francis de Sales) is a historic church building at 116 S. 6th Street in Paducah, Kentucky.
About Paducah
City in Kentucky, United StatesPaducah ( 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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Housing in Paducah
The typical Paducah home is worth about $194,000, down 1.3% in a year, 17% below the Kentucky typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Paducah
Safety Grade C-
Paducah reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 82% report less.
Work & commute in Paducah
Full picture →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.
Health in Paducah
Compared with Kentucky
of 5 measures CDC estimates. The other 4 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Paducah
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 91% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Paducah
Full climate →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.
Schools in Paducah
All Paducah schools →School Grade B+
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 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.
Paducah is a college town
Colleges →of Paducah’s residents are enrolled in college. West Kentucky Community and Technical College has about 3,769 students on campus.
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