Barbourville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Barbourville enrolled in college, Barbourville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Barbourville 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 Barbourville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.78% of adults in Barbourville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Barbourville in 2022 was $27,407, 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 $109,628 for a family of four. However, Barbourville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Barbourville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Barbourville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barbourville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barbourville include Irish, English, German, Eastern European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Barbourville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Polish.
