Brodhead is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,131 people and just one neighborhood, Brodhead is the 247th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some cities, Brodhead isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brodhead are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brodhead is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brodhead who work in office and administrative support (18.22%), healthcare (11.23%), and personal care services (8.90%).
The overall crime rate in Brodhead is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
As is often the case in a small city, Brodhead doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Brodhead rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.99% of adults 25 and older in Brodhead have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Brodhead in 2022 was $17,615, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,460 for a family of four. Brodhead also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Brodhead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brodhead residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Brodhead include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Brodhead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Brodhead, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Brodhead are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 14.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 Brodhead, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (8.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.1%) 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 (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.