Tompkinsville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,286 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tompkinsville is the 177th largest community in Kentucky.When you are in Tompkinsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.16% of Tompkinsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Tompkinsville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tompkinsville who work in office and administrative support (21.85%), food service (7.48%), and management occupations (6.44%). Overall, Tompkinsville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tompkinsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tompkinsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The rate of college-level education in Tompkinsville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.80% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Tompkinsville in 2022 was $23,863, 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 $95,452 for a family of four. However, Tompkinsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tompkinsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tompkinsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tompkinsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tompkinsville include English, Irish, German, French, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Tompkinsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
