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Bremen, KY

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Overview


Bremen is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 172 people and just one neighborhood, Bremen is the 393rd largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Bremen is a blue-collar town, with 37.78% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Bremen is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bremen who work in sales jobs (12.59%), office and administrative support (11.11%), and computer science and math (9.63%).

Also of interest is that Bremen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Bremen 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.

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Bremen is worth considering.

Being a small city, Bremen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Bremen have a very low rate of college education: just 7.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Bremen in 2022 was $24,561, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,244 for a family of four. Bremen also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 22.1% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood is unique for having just 5.1% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of America's neighborhoods.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.3% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 24.1% have English 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 Bremen are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 42.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.7%), and 13.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% 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 Bremen, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Scottish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.8%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 (50.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.3%) 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 (10.4%) . 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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