Powderly is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 782 people and just one neighborhood, Powderly is the 279th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Powderly is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.77% of the Powderly workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Powderly is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powderly who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (13.66%), food service (9.69%), and management occupations (8.81%).
Powderly’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Powderly has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Powderly a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Powderly is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.36 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Powderly rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.43% of adults 25 and older in Powderly 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 Powderly in 2022 was $20,006, 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 $80,024 for a family of four. However, Powderly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Powderly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Powderly residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Powderly include English, German, Irish, European, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Powderly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.2% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Powderly are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.1%), and 9.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% 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 Powderly, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report German roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (1.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (18.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.