Lewisport is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,732 people and just one neighborhood, Lewisport is the 206th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lewisport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.71% of the Lewisport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lewisport is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lewisport who work in office and administrative support (11.70%), management occupations (10.06%), and teaching (8.89%).
Also of interest is that Lewisport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Lewisport 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.
The percentage of adults in Lewisport with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.76% of adults in Lewisport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lewisport in 2022 was $24,283, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,132 for a family of four. However, Lewisport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lewisport is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lewisport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewisport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lewisport include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Lewisport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 Lewisport are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 34.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.3% 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, 39.6% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% 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 Lewisport, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report English roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.4%) 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 (10.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.