Munfordville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,711 people and just one neighborhood, Munfordville is the 214th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some cities, Munfordville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Munfordville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Munfordville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Munfordville who work in food service (16.69%), maintenance occupations (14.20%), and sales jobs (11.08%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.30% 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.
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!) Munfordville 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. Munfordville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Munfordville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Munfordville may be for you.
In Munfordville, just 9.19% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Munfordville in 2022 was $22,265, 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 $89,060 for a family of four. Munfordville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Munfordville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Munfordville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Munfordville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Munfordville include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Munfordville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of particular note, 3.8% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Munfordville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.1% 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, 30.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (27.3%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (9.8%).
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 Munfordville, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report English roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Swiss ancestry (3.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (47.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (17.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.