Eddyville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,429 people and two associated neighborhoods, Eddyville is the 170th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Eddyville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eddyville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eddyville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Eddyville who work in food service (16.49%), office and administrative support (11.55%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.90%). Also of interest is that Eddyville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Eddyville 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 rate of college-level education in Eddyville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.97% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Eddyville in 2022 was $20,022, 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 $80,088 for a family of four. However, Eddyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eddyville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eddyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eddyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eddyville include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Eddyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
