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Cave City, KY

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Overview


Cave City is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,360 people and just one neighborhood, Cave City is the 176th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Cave City is a blue-collar town, with 35.30% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cave City is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cave City who work in office and administrative support (12.98%), sales jobs (11.11%), and management occupations (9.93%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Cave City 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. Cave City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cave City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cave City may be for you.

Cave City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Cave City ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cave City in 2022 was $21,878, 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 $87,512 for a family of four. However, Cave City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cave City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cave City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cave City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cave City include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Cave City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Cave City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

In addition, the neighborhood is unique for having just 6.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of America's neighborhoods.

Occupations

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 42.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.9% of American neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Cave City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.4% 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, 42.5% 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Cave City, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report German roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.0%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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