Elkton is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,141 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elkton is the 191st largest community in Kentucky.Elkton is a blue-collar town, with 46.31% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Elkton is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elkton who work in healthcare suport services (10.16%), office and administrative support (9.10%), and maintenance occupations (8.05%). 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!) Elkton 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. Elkton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elkton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elkton may be for you. Being a small city, Elkton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Elkton rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.04% of adults 25 and older in Elkton 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 Elkton in 2022 was $24,951, 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 $99,804 for a family of four. However, Elkton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elkton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elkton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elkton include English, Irish, German, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Elkton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
