Nortonville - White Plains is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,765 people and just one neighborhood, Nortonville - White Plains is the 90th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nortonville - White Plains is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.15% of the Nortonville - White Plains workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nortonville - White Plains is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nortonville - White Plains who work in healthcare (9.84%), teaching (8.14%), and office and administrative support (6.94%).
As is often the case in a small town, Nortonville - White Plains doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Nortonville - White Plains, just 12.08% 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 Nortonville - White Plains in 2022 was $28,248, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,992 for a family of four. However, Nortonville - White Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Nortonville - White Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nortonville - White Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nortonville - White Plains include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Nortonville - White Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.7% of all American neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.2% 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.
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 Nortonville - White Plains are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.4% 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, 45.1% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 9.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
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 Nortonville - White Plains, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report German roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.