Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 346, settled in 1878.
Joseph Fields Burgess House and Sadieville Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sadieville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 170 in 1890, a peak of 532 in 1900, 320 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1939 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sadieville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Sadieville.
Federal aid has come to Sadieville households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2009. On expected storm and flood damage, Sadieville sits below 86% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
84% of Sadieville households own their home. The town’s median rent is $950 a month, close to Kentucky’s towns ($934 a month) and below U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Sadieville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $950 a month | $934 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The share of residents in Sadieville who live below the poverty line: 23%. Employers in Sadieville added 33 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 45. Its average commute is 26 minutes, where Kentucky’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The median commute is under 21 miles.
| Sadieville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 2020, Sadieville has grown 8.1%, to 346 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The age of the median resident for Sadieville comes to 30.7 years.
| Sadieville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30.7 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 26% | 29% |
Somewhere between 36% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Sadieville’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Sadieville | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 26.2% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.4% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.4% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.2% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 300, single groups can be off by several points
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Sadieville is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
16% of adults in Sadieville say their health is fair or poor; 21% get no exercise outside work. This Kentucky town beats the Kentucky average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. In Sadieville, 12% of adults report frequent physical distress.
| Sadieville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 27% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sadieville | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.7% | 22.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 4% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 77.6% | 81.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 3 acres in Sadieville.
| Sadieville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veteran’s Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sadieville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
25 mi Stadium & arenaKroger Field
24 mi Stadium & arenaRupp Arena
23 mi GardenLexington Cemetery
16 mi Park & preserveKentucky Horse Park
36 mi State parkBig Bone Lick State ParkArk Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kroger Field: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rupp Arena: The original uploader was Analogue Kid at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5 · Lexington Cemetery: Analogue Kid at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 · Kentucky Horse Park: Wes Blevins, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Big Bone Lick State Park: Mattguyver, CC BY 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sadieville
About 2 of every 100 Sadieville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
Where Sadieville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Kentucky, United States
Sadieville is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Sadieville had a population of 320. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. With the motto that makes sense, "We're more than a small town in Kentucky."
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Sadieville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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