Henry County Economic Development

General Kentucky Quality of Life Information


	Median Home Price (2004): Henry County - $75,000 for 109 homes

Source: KY Department of Revenue. Data based on sales for last six months of year indicated.


	Climate

	Temperature
	Normal (30-year record)	55.2 degrees
	Average Annual, 2005	56.4 degrees
	Record Highest, July 1988 (61-year record)	103 degrees
	Record Lowest, January 1963 (61-year record)	-21 degrees
	Normal Heating Degree Days (30-year record)	4,713
	Normal Cooling Degree Days (30-year record)	1,154
	Precipitation
	Normal (30-year record)	45.91 inches
	Mean Annual Snowfall (30-year record)	15.7 inches
	Total Precipitation, 2005	33.5 inches
	Mean Number of Days Precipitation (0.01 inch or more) (30-year record)	130.8
	Mean Number of Days Thunderstorms (59-year record)	42.6
	Prevailing Winds	South
	Relative Humidity (30-year record)
	1 a.m.	79 percent
	7 a.m.	83 percent
	1 p.m.	61 percent
	7 p.m.	66 percent

Note: Heating degree day totals are the sums of positive departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F. Cooling degree day totals are the sum of negative departures of average daily temperature from 65 degrees F.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data, 2005.
Station of record: Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, KY.


	Public School District Enrollments and Expenditures, 2005-2006

	Total Enrollment	Expenditures Per Pupil	Pupil To Teacher Ratio
Eminence Independent Schools	734	7,817	19.5
Henry County Schools	2,116	7,809	16.3

Source: Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability.


	Nonpublic School Enrollments, 2005-2006

	Number of Schools	Total Enrollment
	0	0

Source: Kentucky Non-Public School Commission.