Frenchburg is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 614 people and two associated neighborhoods, Frenchburg is the 313th largest community in Kentucky.When you are in Frenchburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.00% of Frenchburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Frenchburg is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Frenchburg who work in sales jobs (14.33%), food service (12.00%), and management occupations (5.67%). The overall crime rate in Frenchburg 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!) Frenchburg 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. Frenchburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Frenchburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Frenchburg may be for you. One downside of living in Frenchburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.18 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Frenchburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Frenchburg ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Frenchburg in 2022 was $21,280, 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 $85,120 for a family of four. However, Frenchburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Frenchburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.68% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Frenchburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Frenchburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Frenchburg include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Frenchburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
