Beechmont - Drakesboro is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,634 people and just one neighborhood, Beechmont - Drakesboro is the 115th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Beechmont - Drakesboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 55.17% of the Beechmont - Drakesboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Beechmont - Drakesboro is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Beechmont - Drakesboro who work in healthcare (11.28%), sales jobs (7.05%), and office and administrative support (6.58%).
Also of interest is that Beechmont - Drakesboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Beechmont - Drakesboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.61 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Beechmont - Drakesboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Beechmont - Drakesboro has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.37% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Beechmont - Drakesboro in 2022 was $21,057, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,228 for a family of four. However, Beechmont - Drakesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Beechmont - Drakesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beechmont - Drakesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beechmont - Drakesboro include Irish, English, German, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Beechmont - Drakesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 55.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.6% of American neighborhoods.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.2% of all American neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Beechmont - Drakesboro are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 55.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.3%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Beechmont - Drakesboro, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.1%), and residents who report German roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.1%), along with some African ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (94.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.