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Hardinsburg, IN

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Overview


Hardinsburg is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 219 people and just one neighborhood, Hardinsburg is the 458th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Hardinsburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.45% of Hardinsburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Hardinsburg is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hardinsburg who work in office and administrative support (22.73%), food service (9.09%), and maintenance occupations (7.58%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

The town 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, Hardinsburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hardinsburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Hardinsburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.00 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Hardinsburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

Hardinsburg ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.13% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hardinsburg in 2022 was $18,507, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,028 for a family of four. However, Hardinsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hardinsburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Hardinsburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hardinsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hardinsburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hardinsburg include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Hardinsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.

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 Hardinsburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.0% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households.

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 Hardinsburg, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (2.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.6%) 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 (13.8%) . 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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