Corinth is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 230 people and just one neighborhood, Corinth is the 383rd largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Corinth is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.59% of the Corinth workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Corinth is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Corinth who work in food service (17.89%), management occupations (11.38%), and office and administrative support (8.13%).
Overall, Corinth’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!) Corinth 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. Corinth has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Corinth than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Corinth may be for you.
One downside of living in Corinth is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Corinth, the average commute to work is 32.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Corinth doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Corinth has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Corinth in 2022 was $33,400, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,600 for a family of four. However, Corinth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Corinth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Corinth residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Corinth include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Corinth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Corinth, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.7% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Corinth are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.2% 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 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.5%), and 7.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% 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 Corinth, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report German roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.