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Greenup, KY
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Greenup profile


Living in Greenup



Greenup is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,065 people and three associated neighborhoods, Greenup is the 250th largest community in Kentucky.

Overall, Greenup’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Greenup 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. Greenup has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Greenup than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Greenup may be for you.

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

The percentage of people in Greenup with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.89% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenup in 2018 was $23,044, 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 $92,176 for a family of four. However, Greenup contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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