Eddyville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,444 people and two associated neighborhoods, Eddyville is the 170th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Eddyville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eddyville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eddyville is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Eddyville who work in management occupations (14.99%), law enforcement and fire fighting (10.03%), and office and administrative support (7.55%). Also of interest is that Eddyville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.54% 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. Overall, Eddyville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Being a small city, Eddyville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Eddyville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.17% of adults in Eddyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Eddyville in 2022 was $29,532, 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 $118,128 for a family of four. However, Eddyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Eddyville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eddyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eddyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eddyville include English, European, German, Irish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Eddyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.