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Blackey, KY

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Overview


Blackey is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 100 people and just one neighborhood, Blackey is the 404th largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Blackey was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Blackey, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 52.63% of Blackey’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Blackey is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blackey who work in farm management occupations (26.32%), maintenance occupations (21.05%), and teaching (15.79%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Blackey’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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

Blackey 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.

Demographics

The citizens of Blackey are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.14% of adults in Blackey having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Blackey in 2022 was $18,506, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,024 for a family of four. Blackey also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 51.85% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Blackey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blackey residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Blackey include Scottish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Blackey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

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 Blackey, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (27.7%) than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 26 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.5% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Blackey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.3% of U.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, 35.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.6%), and 17.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Blackey, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report English roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Eastern European ancestry (3.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (58.6%) 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 (27.7%) . 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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