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Larger lots not far from Lexington
Paris is a small city of about 10,000 residents 18 miles northeast of Lexington, Kentucky. People move here to spread out on larger lots in a close-knit community, usually while commuting to employers in Lexington or nearby Georgetown, home to Toyota’s largest manufacturing plant. “It’s a very small town,” says Realtor Amy Boone. “Everybody knows everybody.” Major Jason Taylor III of the Paris Fire Department and Paris Bourbon County EMS moved from Lexington to Paris with his family about 10 years ago. He says that despite moving there without knowing anybody, he feels well integrated into the community. “We looked at a lot of different places, and I’m happy we decided on Paris,” he says. “I wanted to get away from the big city, so my wife and I moved out here, and we moved our in-laws out here so we could keep an eye on them. Paris gave us the opportunity to do that. It’s quiet, nice and close enough to Lexington where if you want to go do something, you can.”
Homes for sale in Paris, KY have an average home price of $377,033.
The Georgetown Toyota plant is the company's largest, at 1,300 acres and growing.
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Stony Point, Hutchinson-Monterey and Blacks Crossroads have Paris’ highest home values
The median price in Paris is $240,000, about $165,000 below the national median. The city’s highest-value neighborhoods are Stony Point, Hutchinson-Monterey and Blacks Crossroads, which all have average home values over $400,000. The city’s overall average home value has steadily increased since 2020. Boone notes that inventory is low in Bourbon County and that “Brick is by far the most prevalent; traditional brick homes are going to be the majority.” Paris offers a mix of acreage homes and homes in more condensed neighborhoods, with about half of listings being one-acre-plus properties.
The median single-family home in Paris is $240,000.
Homes in Paris typically sell after 21 days on the market.
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City parks, horse farms and Legion Park & Fair Grounds
Paris has six city parks, including one dog park, and one county park, Legion Park & Fair Grounds, where the annual Bourbon County Fair is held. The city also has two golf courses and several horse farms where residents can meet champion horses and take horseback riding lessons.
Houston Oaks is an 18-hole golf course open to all Hutchinson-Monterey residents.
American Legion Park in Paris is the site of the Bourbon County Fair Grounds.
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Paris Independent Schools, Bourbon County Schools and the UK Bourbon County Extension Office
Two school districts serve Paris: Paris Independent Schools and Bourbon County Schools, both of which get C-plus ratings from Niche. St. Mary School is a private school in Paris enrolling three-year-old through fifth-grade students. University of Kentucky’s Bourbon County Extension Office provides 4-H programs, agricultural and nutrition education and other community resources.
Bourbon County High School is placed 80th in Kentucky & offers advanced placement.
Paris High School shares a campus with Paris Middle School.
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Trackside Restaurant and Bourbon Bar, Lil’s Coffee House and Canonero’s Cigar & Bourbon Bar
“We don’t have a lot of chains, and we don’t have sit-down chains at all,” Boone says. “The sit-down restaurants we do have are all local. A nice one is Trackside. It’s in a very old train station.” Trackside Restaurant and Bourbon Bar serves Kentucky bourbon and homestyle American fare in a historic 1882 train depot. Lil’s Coffee House is a downtown daytime hangout with an old-school soda fountain setup where patrons can sip lattes at the bar while enjoying breakfast and lunch specials. “The only limitation is nightlife,” Taylor says, noting that residents often travel into Lexington to go out to bars. However, Canonero’s Cigar & Bourbon Bar is a popular nighttime destination when they want to stay in town. Paris’ Chief of Police Myron Thomas opened the bar in 2022 to offer residents more options in Bourbon County to enjoy bourbon at night. Canonero’s has a cozy interior with brick walls and leather furniture, live music and a food menu to supplement sips of bourbon. “We joke because it’s a bar owned by the chief of police, so it’s well-maintained,” Taylor says.
Originating in Kentucky, the Hot Brown is a common dish at Trackside Restaurant in Paris.
Lil's Coffee House opened it's doors to Hutchinson-Monterey diners in 2011.
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Weather and the Paris Police Department
Paris experiences average high temperatures in the 80s in the summer and lows in the 20s in the winter. FBI data shows that the Paris Police Department’s property crime rate has steadily declined since 2017, while its violent crime rate has remained about the same.
U.S. Routes 68 and 460 connect to Lexington and Georgetown
Paris sits at the intersection of U.S. Routes 68 and 460, which connect it to Lexington, 18 miles southwest, and Georgetown, 17 miles west. The Federated Transportation Services of the Bluegrass’ (FTSB) InterCity bus service provides routes to destinations in Lexington as well as Cynthiana and Carlisle. FTSB also has a door-to-door transit service that charges $1 per mile. When traveling out of town, residents fly out of Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport, 24 miles southwest.
Downtown events and the Bourbon County Fair and Horse Show
“The downtown corporation does a lot of things downtown – art walks, festivals,” Taylor says. “At least once a month, there’s a festival going on downtown. In the spring and summer, they do car shows around the courthouse.” Each June, the weeklong Bourbon County Fair and Horse Show takes place in Paris, complete with horse and livestock shows, tractor pulls and plenty of live bluegrass.
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On average, homes in Paris, KY sell after 44 days on the market compared to the national average of 58 days. The median sale price for homes in Paris, KY over the last 12 months is $239,450, up 1% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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Hutchinson-Monterey is a rural neighborhood between Lexington and Paris, a small town of about 10,000 people amidst Kentucky horse country. People often move here to escape the city and spread out on more land, like Paris’ EMS Major Jason Taylor III did 10 years ago. He and his wife moved from Lexington in search of more space with a specific request: a property where both they and his in-laws could live. “We found a property where someone before us had the same thought and had built a smaller house for their aging parents on the property,” he says. “I knew it was a good community when I went to the grocery store, and everyone and their brother asked if I was the person who bought the Walters’ place. Everyone here knows each other.” He iterates that he’s enjoyed having his family close and integrating into the community despite being a transplant and that since his move, more of his friends and family have followed. “After we moved here, my wife’s best friend moved down, and then her aunt did, and then my aunt did. They’re all staying, and so are we,” he says. “That says a lot about a community when people come to visit and decide they want to move out there.”
Four miles north, downtown Paris has several parks, including Bourbon County Park and American Legion Park. Bourbon County Park has a playground and paved walking paths, and American Legion Park has the same amenities, plus a dog park. Paris’ only 18-hole golf course is Houston Oaks, which is public but offers memberships and is considered one of Kentucky’s top five golf courses by Golf Advisor. Hutchinson-Monterey is true Kentucky horse country, with many horse farms in the neighborhood. “A lot of the people around the area spend their time either farming or on horseback,” says Realtor Donna Thwaites. Residents can keep their horses at Hickory Manor Farm’s stables and develop their riding skills at the Concord Equestrian Center. Nearby, Claiborne is one of Kentucky’s most famous Thoroughbred breeding farms. Visitors can book tours to learn more about the state’s history of horse breeding and racing and view the burial site of the legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat.
Real estate listings in Hutchinson-Monterey vary greatly. A quarter-acre lot lists for around $50,000, while 10 acres may list for $500,000. “Land alone is a big thing around here,” Thwaites says. “Many people want to build their own home and have space for horse farms and big yards.” Those looking for an already developed property can sometimes find a ranch-style or new traditional home on less than an acre for $250,000 to $450,000. Most of the neighborhood’s listings, however, are large new traditional or farmhouse homes on 10 or more acres. Prices for these homes start around $1 million and can get as high as $3 million.
Students in Hutchinson-Monterey attend Bourbon County Schools. “We’re pretty proud of our school system,” Taylor says. “I’ve been impressed with it. They have a special needs system through the county that takes care of kids that other districts would turn away. They go above and beyond in that sense.” Parents can enroll their children in Bourbon County Preschool Head Start. Afterward, they attend Cane Ridge Elementary, Bourbon Central Elementary or North Middletown Elementary. Cane Ridge and Bourbon Central receive C-plus grades from Niche, and North Middletown gets a C. Students then continue to the C-rated Bourbon County Middle School and the B-minus-rated Bourbon County High School. On the 2023-2024 Kentucky Summative Assessment, Bourbon County High School scored above the state average for student performance in science, social studies and combined writing; quality of school climate and safety; and postsecondary readiness.
“Hutchinson-Monterey is conveniently located,” Thwaites says. “Winchester, Lexington and Paris are all maybe 10 to 15 minutes away.” Residents can take Kentucky 627 south for 20 miles to get to Winchester, Interstate 68 south for 20 miles to Lexington, and Interstate 68 north for 4 miles to downtown Paris. There is no public transportation in Hutchinson-Monterey, and the neighborhood is not walkable: residents rely on cars to get around. The nearest medical center is the Bourbon Community Hospital, 7 miles north. The Blue Grass Airport is 25 miles southwest.
Each June, the Bourbon County Fair and Horse Show is a weeklong celebration with live music, family-friendly parties, livestock shows, tractor pulls and more. Throughout the year, the 1956-founded Bourbon Drive-In plays first-run movies on weekends. “The drive-in is pretty popular,” Taylor says. “It was nice during COVID - if you wanted to go to the movies, it’s the perfect way to do it. People will sit in their cars or pull chairs out. It’s a big community event.” He notes that aside from Caronero’s Cigar & Bourbon Bar in downtown Paris, there isn’t much nightlife in the area, and even that – ironically, owned by the chief of police – doesn’t get too crazy. “They joke around here that they roll up the sidewalks at 10 p.m.,” he says. “There’s not much nightlife, but where it’s located, you can be in Lexington in half an hour, so you get the best of both worlds. It’s far enough away to where it’s quiet where you’re at.”
Windy Corner Market welcomes visitors into horse country as they travel north out of Lexington. This market and corner store uses ingredients from Kentucky farmers to craft American fare, including their specialty Po-Boy sandwiches and other seafood dishes. The store also sells fresh baked goods, soft-serve ice cream and wine and beer from local producers. To the north, Jerry’s Family Restaurant is a 1961-founded franchise-turned-family-owned restaurant serving country-style breakfast, lunch and dinner. In downtown Paris, “There’s a large Walmart, some mom-and-pop grocery stores and some smaller local businesses,” says Taylor. We have about 10 Mexican restaurants. Most are smaller, family-owned and very authentic.” He elaborates on the dining scene: “We have a few restaurants that are almost always busy. One’s in a converted old train station – it’s called Trackside. I go there once a month at least. They have really good fried chicken and a Kentucky hot brown, which you have to have in Kentucky.”
Hutchinson-Monterey has a 1 out of 10 CAP Index crime score, below the national average of 4.
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