The overall crime rate in Vanceburg is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Vanceburg 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. Vanceburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vanceburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vanceburg may be for you.
Vanceburg 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 population of Vanceburg has a very low overall level of education: only 9.06% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Vanceburg in 2022 was $21,073, 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 $84,292 for a family of four. Vanceburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Vanceburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vanceburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vanceburg include German, Irish, English, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Vanceburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
