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Strathmoor Village, KY

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Overview


Strathmoor Village is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 674 people and just one neighborhood, Strathmoor Village is the third largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Strathmoor Village was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Strathmoor Village real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Strathmoor Village house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Strathmoor Village is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Strathmoor Village is a city of professionals, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Strathmoor Village who work in healthcare (13.70%), management occupations (10.37%), and business and financial occupations (10.37%).

Also of interest is that Strathmoor Village has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Strathmoor Village is also a city of artists. Strathmoor Village has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Strathmoor Village’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.66% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Strathmoor Village is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Strathmoor Village a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Strathmoor Village has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Strathmoor Village’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

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!) Strathmoor Village 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. Strathmoor Village has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Strathmoor Village than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Strathmoor Village may be for you.

Strathmoor Village is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Strathmoor Village is a pretty powerful place. 64.58% of the adults in Strathmoor Village have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Strathmoor Village in 2018 was $58,539, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $234,156 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Strathmoor Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Think about the people you know personally. How many of them would purchase box seats to opening night at the symphony? How many of them regularly attend gallery openings, or are the first to reserve tickets to opening night at the ballet? If they're like most of us, they don't do any of these things. But if you're among an exclusive crowd of wealthy and refined patrons of the arts, then you'll feel right at home in the neighborhood: a neighborhood in which more "urban sophisticates" live than 99.3% of neighborhoods across the U.S. Here, your neighbors are defined as having urbane tastes in literature, music, live theatre and the arts. They are wealthy, educated, travel in style, and live a big city lifestyle whether or not they live in or near a big city. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students, families with school-aged children and active retirees.

Real Estate

Do you watch 'This Old House' on Public Television? Do you love the idea of fixing up a Colonial or Victorian era home, complete with the charm of yesteryear? Do you like to stroll or drive streets lined with gracious older residences? If you found yourself nodding yes to any of these questions, you are going to be interested in this unique neighborhood. The neighborhood stands out on a national scale for the sheer concentration of historic residences it contains: 58.4% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry.

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 Strathmoor Village are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 75.3% of America'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, 60.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.4%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Strathmoor Village, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (29.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (26.1%), and residents who report English roots (18.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.7%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.1%) 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 (6.0%) . 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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