Because there are quite a few people attending college in Barbourville, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Barbourville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Being a small city, Barbourville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Barbourville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.78% of adults in Barbourville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Barbourville in 2022 was $27,407, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,628 for a family of four. However, Barbourville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Barbourville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Barbourville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barbourville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barbourville include Irish, English, German, Eastern European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Barbourville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Polish.
