Bronston is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,822 people and just one neighborhood, Bronston is the 147th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some towns, Bronston isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bronston are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bronston is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bronston who work in sales jobs (20.90%), office and administrative support (13.88%), and maintenance occupations (8.76%).
Also of interest is that Bronston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Another notable thing is that Bronston is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
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!) Bronston 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. Bronston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bronston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bronston may be for you.
Being a small town, Bronston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Bronston citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.13% of adults in Bronston have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bronston in 2022 was $23,477, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,908 for a family of four. However, Bronston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bronston also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Bronston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bronston residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bronston include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Bronston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bronston, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 96.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of all American neighborhoods.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 50.4%, which is higher than 98.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (64.5%) than found in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.3%) living in the neighborhood.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bronston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 64.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 29.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.4%), and 21.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bronston, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (61.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (96.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.