The overall crime rate in Crofton 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.
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!) Crofton 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. Crofton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crofton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crofton may be for you.
Crofton 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.
In Crofton, just 12.17% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Crofton in 2022 was $21,970, 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 $87,880 for a family of four. However, Crofton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crofton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Crofton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crofton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crofton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crofton include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Crofton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
