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Warsaw, KY

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Overview


Warsaw is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,756 people and just one neighborhood, Warsaw is the 207th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Warsaw is a blue-collar town, with 37.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Warsaw is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Warsaw who work in office and administrative support (9.39%), food service (8.35%), and sales jobs (7.52%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Warsaw doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Warsaw are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.61% of adults in Warsaw have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Warsaw in 2018 was $28,656, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,624 for a family of four. However, Warsaw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Warsaw is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Warsaw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Warsaw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Warsaw include German, Irish, Italian, English, and African.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.8% 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.

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 Warsaw are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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In the neighborhood, 42.7% 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 33.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (12.1%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 95.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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 Warsaw, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (8.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.5%) 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 (21.0%) . 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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