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, Leitchfield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Leitchfield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.23 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Leitchfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Leitchfield with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Leitchfield in 2022 was $25,084, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,336 for a family of four. However, Leitchfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Leitchfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leitchfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leitchfield include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Leitchfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
