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Loyall, KY

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Overview


Loyall is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 599 people and just one neighborhood, Loyall is the 308th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loyall is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loyall is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Loyall who work in sales jobs (20.16%), teaching (10.08%), and management occupations (9.30%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

As is often the case in a small city, Loyall doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Loyall are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.19% of adults in Loyall have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Loyall in 2022 was $17,516, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,064 for a family of four. Loyall also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Loyall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loyall residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Loyall include Irish, German, English, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Loyall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 Loyall are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.5% 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, 32.7% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.4%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Loyall, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report German roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.8%).

Getting to Work

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 (39.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (16.0%) . 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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