Crab Orchard is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 743 people and just one neighborhood, Crab Orchard is the 288th largest community in Kentucky.
Crab Orchard is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Crab Orchard is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Crab Orchard who work in sales jobs (19.35%), management occupations (13.71%), and office and administrative support (11.69%).
The overall crime rate in Crab Orchard 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 city 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!) Crab Orchard 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. Crab Orchard has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crab Orchard than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crab Orchard may be for you.
Being a small city, Crab Orchard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Crab Orchard has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.74% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Crab Orchard in 2022 was $15,974, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,896 for a family of four. Crab Orchard also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.18% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Crab Orchard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crab Orchard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crab Orchard include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Crab Orchard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Crab Orchard are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 8.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.6% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (7.7%).
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 Crab Orchard, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.7%), and residents who report English roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.