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Payne Gap
KentuckyCDP
Total population
440
Median home value
$0
Bachelor's+
Median income
$36,250
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Found in Kentucky, United States, Payne Gap is classified as a small census-designated community in public datasets. Population sits at roughly 440 according to the open data we track. Located at 37.148°, -82.671°, Payne Gap occupies a warm-temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. The location receives about 1,481 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 58% of daylight hours. The administrative footprint covers about 6 km². Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. That works out to roughly 73 residents per square kilometre — loosely populated. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.
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Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Payne Gap, KY from NOAA NWS API.
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · Whitesburg · 779 students · 14.4:1 ratio
- Jenkins Independent SchoolOther · Jenkins · 475 students · 17.6:1 ratio
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · Whitesburg · 415 students · 11.9:1 ratio
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolElementary · Whitesburg · 320 students · 12.8:1 ratio
- Fleming Neon Middle SchoolMiddle · Neon · 167 students · 12.8:1 ratio
- Whitesburg Middle SchoolMiddle · Whitesburg · 165 students · 15:1 ratio
- Arlie Boggs Elementary SchoolElementary · Eolia · 121 students · 11:1 ratio
- Letcher County Alternative Education CtrHigh · Whitesburg · 1 students · 0.2:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API