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Population (year 2000): 1,193. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,203 (+0.8% change)
 

Males: 550  (46.1%)
Females: 643  (53.9%)

Rockcastle County

Median resident age:  39.7 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 40409.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $17,400 (it was $17,500 in 2000)
Brodhead  $17,400
Kentucky:  $37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $50,000 (it was $52,400 in 2000)
Brodhead  $50,000
Kentucky:  $103,900

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Races in Brodhead:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (31.4%), Irish (7.7%), German (5.4%), English (4.2%), Scotch-Irish (1.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 04/22/1880

Elevation: 940 feet

Land area: 2.20 square miles.

Population density: 544 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Brodhead

  • High school or higher: 48.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
  • Unemployed: 8.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brodhead city

  • Never married: 18.5%
  • Now married: 53.5%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 12.7%
  • Divorced: 13.1%

4 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.3%
Kentucky:  2.0%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Brodhead, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Brodhead to the number of sex offenders is 599 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brodhead:  0.6% ($293)
Kentucky:  0.7% ($610)
Brodhead satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (43.7 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (380.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Mount Vernon, KY (5.9 miles ), Crab Orchard, KY (7.6 miles ), Conway, KY (8.6 miles ), Paint Lick, KY (10.7 miles ), Berea, KY (14.7 miles ), Livingston, KY (15.4 miles ), Shopville, KY (16.8 miles ), Waynesburg, KY (17.7 miles ).

Latitude: 37.40 N, Longitude: 84.42 W


108 people in nursing homes

Area code: 606

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Population change in the 1990s: +52 (+4.6%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (28%)
  • Educational services (21%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (3%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)
  • Apparel (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)


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Crime in Brodhead (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 5 burglaries (415.6 per 100,000)
  • 4 thefts (332.5 per 100,000)
  • 1 auto theft (83.1 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 49.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  0.83
US city average:  3.00

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Brodhead-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Kentucky state average. It is 25% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.7 miles away from the Brodhead city center killed 7 people and injured 28 people.

On 4/3/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 10.6 miles away from the city center .


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Hospitals/medical centers near Brodhead:
  • ROCKCASTLE HOSP (about 6 miles; MOUNT VERNON, KY)
  • BEREA HOSP (about 16 miles; BEREA, KY)
  • FORT LOGAN HOSP (about 20 miles; STANFORD, KY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brodhead:
  • BLUE GRASS (about 46 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; ID: LEX)
  • LOUISVILLE INTL-STANDIFORD FIELD (about 106 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY; ID: SDF)
  • CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL (about 114 miles; COVINGTON/CINCINNATI, OH, KY; ID: CVG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brodhead:
  • MADISON (about 17 miles; RICHMOND, KY; ID: I39)
  • STUART POWELL FIELD (about 27 miles; DANVILLE, KY; ID: DVK)
  • SOMERSET-PULASKI COUNTY-J.T. WILSON FIELD (about 28 miles; SOMERSET, KY; ID: SME)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brodhead:
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; RICHMOND, KY; Full-time enrollment: 11,214)
  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (about 44 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 20,492)
  • LEXINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 5,437)
  • MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 102 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
  • PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 102 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
  • ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 103 miles; HARRIMAN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,490)
Public elementary/middle school in Brodhead:
  • BRODHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 384; Location: 27 SCHOOL STREET; Grades: PK - 05)

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Cemetery: Piney Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Negro Creek (A), Boone Fork (B), Grassy Branch (C), Long Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Brodhead and their reported violations in the past:

BRODHEAD WATER WORKS (Population served: 1701, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-27-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004)
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and JUL-07-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-07-2003)
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JUL-01-2003 and JUL-07-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-07-2003)
  • 4 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  66.5%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.1%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  32.8%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  14.3%
Whole state:  6.6%

Brodhead compared to Kentucky state average:

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  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Brodhead (2007 data):
  • Citizens Bank: Brodhead Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1996-12-10. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $114.4 mil, Deposits: $98.3 mil, headquarters in Mount Vernon, KY, positive income, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Rockcastle Bancorp, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 2$5,300$31,8000$0
Sewerage 1$3,600$43,2000$0
Water Supply 1$2,750$33,0000$0
Financial Administration 1$2,750$33,0000$0
Totals for Government 5$14,400$34,5600$0



4.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,214 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.65%
Kentucky average:  6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Madison County, KY  1.41% ($28,389 average AGI)
from Pulaski County, KY  0.39% ($27,850)
from Lincoln County, KY  0.27% ($27,500)


4.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,259 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.82%
Kentucky average:  6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Madison County, KY  1.33% ($24,853 average AGI)
to Laurel County, KY  0.37% ($24,053)
to Lincoln County, KY  0.33% ($26,471)


Strongest AM radio stations in Brodhead:
  • WRVK (1460 AM; 1 kW; MOUNT VERNON, KY; Owner: SAYLOR BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVLK (590 AM; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WLAP (630 AM; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)
  • WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKDP (1330 AM; 5 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WXRA (1580 AM; 10 kW; GEORGETOWN, KY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WKYY (1280 AM; 1 kW; LANCASTER, KY; Owner: LANCASTER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brodhead:
  • WLFX (106.7 FM; BEREA, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WLLK (93.9 FM; BURNSIDE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTHL (90.5 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: SOMERSET EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
  • WSEK (97.1 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCYO (100.7 FM; IRVINE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY RIVER BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WYGE (92.3 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: ETHEL HUFF BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WRNZ (105.1 FM; LANCASTER, KY; Owner: HOMETOWN BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WXKY-FM (96.3 FM; STANFORD, KY; Owner: LINCOLN-GARRARD BROADCASTING CO.,INC)
  • WEKU (88.9 FM; RICHMOND, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WUKY (91.3 FM; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES UNIV. OF KENTUCKY)
  • WJMM-FM (99.3 FM; HARRODSBURG, KY; Owner: MORTENSON BROADCASTING COMPANY OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LLC)
  • W277AA (103.3 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Brodhead:
  • WBLU-LP (Channel 62; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: SANDRA B. POWLEY)
  • WDKY-TV (Channel 56; DANVILLE, KY; Owner: WDKY LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WKSO-TV (Channel 29; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WKLE (Channel 46; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WLEX-TV (Channel 18; LEXINGTON, KY; Owner: WLEX COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)

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