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Science Hill, KY

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Overview


Science Hill is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 656 people and just one neighborhood, Science Hill is the 301st largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Science Hill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Science Hill is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Science Hill who work in office and administrative support (22.30%), healthcare suport services (15.61%), and maintenance occupations (10.41%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Science Hill are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.49% of adults in Science Hill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Science Hill in 2022 was $18,627, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,508 for a family of four. However, Science Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Science Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Science Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Science Hill include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Science Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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

People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.6% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

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 Science Hill are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.3% 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, 28.8% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.1%), and 21.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% 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 Science Hill, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (11.5%) . 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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