The overall crime rate in Annville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Annville 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. Annville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Annville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Annville may be for you.
In Annville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For a small town, Annville has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Annville exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
Annville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.10% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Annville in 2022 was $19,648, 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 $78,592 for a family of four. However, Annville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Annville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Annville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Annville include English, German, Pennsylvania German, Scots-Irish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Annville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
