East Bernstadt is a tiny town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 809 people and two associated neighborhoods, East Bernstadt is the 276th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Bernstadt is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Bernstadt is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Bernstadt who work in sales jobs (16.36%), office and administrative support (16.00%), and food service (10.91%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Overall, East Bernstadt’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) East Bernstadt 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. East Bernstadt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in East Bernstadt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, East Bernstadt may be for you. East Bernstadt is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in East Bernstadt is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.79% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in East Bernstadt in 2022 was $18,944, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,776 for a family of four. However, East Bernstadt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call East Bernstadt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bernstadt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Bernstadt include German, Irish, English, British, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in East Bernstadt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
