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Sonora - Upton, KY

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Overview


Sonora - Upton is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,948 people and just one neighborhood, Sonora - Upton is the 106th largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Sonora - Upton was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Sonora - Upton economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Sonora - Upton, where the median household income is $55,536.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Sonora - Upton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sonora - Upton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sonora - Upton is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sonora - Upton who work in food service (12.90%), office and administrative support (9.98%), and sales jobs (7.54%).

A relatively large number of people in Sonora - Upton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.37% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Sonora - Upton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Demographics

The citizens of Sonora - Upton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.55% of adults in Sonora - Upton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Sonora - Upton in 2022 was $26,278, 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 $105,112 for a family of four. However, Sonora - Upton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sonora - Upton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sonora - Upton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sonora - Upton include Irish, English, German, French, and Swiss.

The most common language spoken in Sonora - Upton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Sonora - Upton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.9% of America.

Diversity

Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Sonora - Upton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.4% 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, 29.3% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (29.0%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.2%).

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 Sonora - Upton, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.6%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (9.6%) . 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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