Glencoe is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 351 people and just one neighborhood, Glencoe is the 344th largest community in Kentucky.
When you are in Glencoe, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.22% of Glencoe’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Glencoe is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glencoe who work in sales jobs (12.61%), maintenance occupations (9.24%), and management occupations (7.56%).
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Glencoe 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. Glencoe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glencoe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glencoe may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Glencoe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Glencoe ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.65% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Glencoe in 2022 was $22,466, 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 $89,864 for a family of four. However, Glencoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Glencoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glencoe residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Glencoe include German, Irish, Swiss, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Glencoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.
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 Glencoe are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.6% 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, 43.1% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 7.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Glencoe, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report English roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some Cuban ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.2%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.