Campbellsville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 11,653 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Campbellsville is the 37th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Campbellsville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Campbellsville is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Campbellsville who work in teaching (10.50%), management occupations (9.87%), and sales jobs (9.54%). Of important note, Campbellsville is also a city of artists. Campbellsville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Campbellsville’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.90% 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.Campbellsville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Campbellsville enrolled in college, Campbellsville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. 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 17.24 minutes getting to work every day. Campbellsville 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.The overall education level of Campbellsville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.77% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Campbellsville in 2022 was $28,899, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,596 for a family of four. However, Campbellsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Campbellsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Campbellsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Campbellsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Campbellsville include English, Irish, German, Iranian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Campbellsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
