Burkesville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,388 people and two associated neighborhoods, Burkesville is the 233rd largest community in Kentucky.When you are in Burkesville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.20% of Burkesville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Burkesville is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burkesville who work in healthcare suport services (14.90%), office and administrative support (6.73%), and healthcare (6.53%). 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, Burkesville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Burkesville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The population of Burkesville has a very low overall level of education: only 6.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Burkesville in 2022 was $22,422, 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 $89,688 for a family of four. Burkesville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.10% of its population below the federal poverty line.Burkesville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Burkesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burkesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Burkesville include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and African. The most common language spoken in Burkesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
