Middlesborough is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 8,899 people and four associated neighborhoods, Middlesborough is the 47th largest community in Kentucky.Middlesborough is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Middlesborough is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Middlesborough who work in sales jobs (12.52%), teaching (11.74%), and healthcare suport services (8.60%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Middlesborough spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.20 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small city, Middlesborough does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Middlesborough rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.04% of adults 25 and older in Middlesborough have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Middlesborough in 2022 was $21,393, 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 $85,572 for a family of four. However, Middlesborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Middlesborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middlesborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Middlesborough include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Middlesborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.
