Bonnieville is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 271 people and just one neighborhood, Bonnieville is the 368th largest community in Kentucky.
When you are in Bonnieville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.39% of Bonnieville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bonnieville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bonnieville who work in healthcare suport services (12.50%), sales jobs (11.11%), and office and administrative support (8.33%).
Overall, Bonnieville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bonnieville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bonnieville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bonnieville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bonnieville may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Bonnieville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Bonnieville ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bonnieville in 2022 was $15,376, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,504 for a family of four. However, Bonnieville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bonnieville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.47% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Bonnieville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bonnieville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bonnieville include Irish, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and Swiss.
The most common language spoken in Bonnieville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 41 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 4.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bonnieville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.4% 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, 43.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.6%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (4.7%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Bonnieville, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.0%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (20.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.