Gamaliel - Fountain Run is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,227 people and just one neighborhood, Gamaliel - Fountain Run is the 182nd largest community in Kentucky.
When you are in Gamaliel - Fountain Run, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.98% of Gamaliel - Fountain Run’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gamaliel - Fountain Run is a town of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gamaliel - Fountain Run who work in management occupations (16.73%), farm management occupations (8.96%), and healthcare (6.85%).
In addition, many people in Gamaliel - Fountain Run have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Overall, Gamaliel - Fountain Run’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Gamaliel - Fountain Run, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.11 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Gamaliel - Fountain Run doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Gamaliel - Fountain Run rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.87% of adults 25 and older in Gamaliel - Fountain Run 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 Gamaliel - Fountain Run in 2022 was $26,774, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,096 for a family of four. However, Gamaliel - Fountain Run contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gamaliel - Fountain Run also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.75% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Gamaliel - Fountain Run home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gamaliel - Fountain Run residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Gamaliel - Fountain Run include English, German, Irish, Portuguese, and European.
The most common language spoken in Gamaliel - Fountain Run is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 9.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Of note, 54.5% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Kentucky, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Kentucky.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 28 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Gamaliel - Fountain Run are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 54.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% 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, 37.0% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.0%), and 9.0% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
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 92.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Gamaliel - Fountain Run, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.9%), along with some Portuguese ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (15.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.