Verified town profile
Elkton, Kentucky
Elkton is an incorporated municipality of 2,387 residents in Kentucky. Its nearest regional center is Clarksville, TN, about 44 minutes away by car. The median home value is $125,000.
- Townsteading score
- 89.8
- Confidence
- High data confidence
- Data updated
- Jul 26, 2026
Included in the verified public directory after passing every published screening rule. How verification works.
At a glance
- Population
- 2,387
- Median home value
- $125,000
- Median household income
- $48,777
- Nearest regional city
- Clarksville
- Drive time
- 44 minutes
- Walkability score
- 50.1
- Homeownership rate
- 58%
- Townsteading score
- 89.8
The case
Why Elkton is included
Elkton appears in the public directory because it passes every published screening rule: its population of 2,387 falls within the 1,000–5,000 resident screening band; its nearest regional center, Clarksville, is reachable in about 44 minutes by car, inside the 60-minute limit; its town-center walkability analysis completed successfully.
Beyond the screen: its median home value of $125,000 is about 2.6 times median household income; its nationally normalized walkability score is 50 out of 100; OpenStreetMap data records 7 tracked everyday destinations within a 15-minute walk of its center.
The place
Local map
- Civic destination
- Grocery
- Library
- Park
- Post office
- Restaurant or café
- School
About this map
The map is centered on Elkton (36.8161, -87.1611) and shows the municipal boundary from 2025 Census TIGER/Line data. Basemap data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Reachable destinations shown on the map
- BP Shop Grocery · Approximate network distance: 195 m
- Subway Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 78 m
- Elkton Post Office Post office · Approximate network distance: 180 m
- Todd County Park Park · Approximate network distance: 881 m
- Todd County Middle School School · Approximate network distance: 891 m
- Civic destination Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 204 m
- Todd County Library Library · Approximate network distance: 710 m
Destinations are derived from OpenStreetMap and may be incomplete or outdated.
Daily-life access within a 15-minute walk of the center
- 1 grocery store
- 1 restaurant or cafe
- 1 library
- 1 post office
- 1 park or playground
- 1 school
- 1 civic building
Destination counts come from OpenStreetMap and may understate what exists on the ground.
Housing
Housing and affordability
- Median home value
- $125,000
- Median gross rent
- $906
- Median household income
- $48,777
- Home value ÷ income
- 2.6
- Poverty rate
- 18.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 57.9%
- Vacancy rate
- 12.9%
- Homes built before 1940
- 3.9%
- Homes built before 1960
- 13.7%
- Population density (per sq mi)
- 844
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, reference period 2020–2024. Where a value reads “Data unavailable,” the estimate was not reported or did not pass quality checks for this place.
Access
Regional access
Townsteading does not require isolation. Every verified town has a modeled driving route of no more than 60 minutes to a regional center — a city with the hospitals, suppliers, and services a small town leans on.
- Nearest regional city
- Clarksville, TN
- Regional city population
- 188,829
- Modeled drive time
- 44 minutes
- Routed distance
- 24.2 miles
- Straight-line distance
- 20.0 miles
Drive times are modeled with OSRM over the OpenStreetMap road network (July 2026). They are not live traffic estimates and will vary with conditions.
Community
Closest Orthodox parish
Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary Mission
- Modeled drive time
- Approximately 58 minutes by car
- Routed distance
- 33.8 driving miles
- Address
- 1261 York Road Clarksville, TN 37042
- Jurisdiction
- OCA
- Phone
- 931-257-4093
Parish information is based on the Orthodoxy in America directory, retrieved July 27, 2026. Drive time is modeled from the current OSRM route calculation and may change.
Form
Walkability and settlement form
- Overall walkability
- 50.1
- Destination access
- 57.5
- Network connectivity
- 50.1
- Compactness
- 36.6
The walkability score models what can be reached on foot from the town center over the street network in about 15 minutes: everyday destinations, the connectedness of the street grid, and the compactness of the town's form. Scores are normalized nationally across the candidate corpus, from 0 to 100.
These are modeled measures of urban form derived from OpenStreetMap. They do not confirm sidewalk coverage, crossings, lighting, or pedestrian safety, and OpenStreetMap data may be incomplete in small towns.
People
People and households
- Median age
- 44.8
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Average family size
- 3.2
- Mean commute
- 21 minutes
Age
- Under 18
- 21.3%
- 18–24
- 2.5%
- 25–44
- 26.6%
- 45–64
- 24.0%
- 65 and over
- 25.6%
Households
- Family households
- 52.7%
- Nonfamily households
- 47.3%
- Households with children
- 30.9%
- Married-couple families
- 62.3%
- Single-parent families
- 27.9%
- One-person households
- 41.3%
Education (25+)
- Less than high school
- 13.6%
- High school diploma
- 41.5%
- Some college
- 22.0%
- Associate degree
- 6.2%
- Bachelor's degree
- 11.6%
- Graduate degree
- 5.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 16.7%
“Bachelor's degree or higher” is a subtotal of the two degree rows above it.
Race and ethnicity
- White
- 61.0%
- Black
- 20.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native
- 0.2%
- Asian
- 1.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
- 0.0%
- Some other race
- 5.9%
- Two or more races
- 11.3%
Ethnicity, reported separately
- Hispanic or Latino (any race)
- 7.2%
- White, not Hispanic or Latino
- 59.8%
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race, so the ethnicity rows overlap with the race rows above and are reported separately.
American Community Survey estimates. Race and ethnicity are reported factually for research context and are never used as a compatibility or ranking factor.
Assessment
Strengths and limitations
Potential strengths
- Median home value of $125,000 sits below the $200,000 affordability benchmark used in screening.
- Housing costs about 2.6 times median household income — inside the 3× benchmark.
- 1 Grocery store within a 15-minute walk of the town center.
Important limitations
- Walkability scores model street-network access to destinations; they do not confirm sidewalk coverage, crossings, or pedestrian safety.
Townsteading is a research tool, not a sales pitch. Nothing on this page is real-estate, financial, legal, safety, or relocation advice.
Provenance
Data and methodology
- Townsteading score
- 89.8 / 100
- Confidence
- High data confidence (96 / 100)
- Profile data updated
- July 26, 2026
- Verification
- Passes every published screening rule
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Places. Vintage 2025 — identity, boundaries, coordinates.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates. Vintage 2025 — place population.
- American Community Survey 5-year estimates. 2024 release, reference period 2020–2024 — housing, income, demographics.
- OpenStreetMap. Street network and everyday destinations for walkability analysis.
- OSRM routing. Modeled driving time to the nearest regional center; not live traffic.
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