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Munfordville, KY

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Overview


Munfordville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,711 people and just one neighborhood, Munfordville is the 214th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Munfordville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Munfordville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Munfordville who work in food service (19.11%), maintenance occupations (12.44%), and sales jobs (8.59%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Munfordville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Munfordville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

In Munfordville, just 10.40% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Munfordville in 2022 was $22,628, 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 $90,512 for a family of four. Munfordville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Munfordville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Munfordville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Munfordville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Munfordville include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Munfordville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Munfordville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of particular note, 3.8% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

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, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.4% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Munfordville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.2% 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, 33.0% 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.5%), and 8.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.2% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (10.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Munfordville, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Swiss ancestry (3.2%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.2%) 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 (21.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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