Pine Knot is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,380 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pine Knot is the 234th largest community in Kentucky.When you are in Pine Knot, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.53% of Pine Knot’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pine Knot is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Knot who work in office and administrative support (13.16%), farm management occupations (9.74%), and healthcare (6.05%). A relatively large number of people in Pine Knot telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The overall crime rate in Pine Knot 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. The town 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, Pine Knot has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pine Knot a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Pine Knot does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Pine Knot rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.36% of adults 25 and older in Pine Knot have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Pine Knot in 2022 was $18,825, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,300 for a family of four. Pine Knot also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 48.34% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Pine Knot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Knot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pine Knot include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Pine Knot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
