Bledsoe is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,203 people and just one neighborhood, Bledsoe is the 238th largest community in Kentucky.
Bledsoe is a blue-collar town, with 44.16% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Bledsoe is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bledsoe who work in sales jobs (9.98%), maintenance occupations (9.34%), and community and social services (8.49%).
Overall, Bledsoe’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Bledsoe 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. Bledsoe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bledsoe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bledsoe may be for you.
In Bledsoe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Bledsoe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Bledsoe have a very low rate of college education: just 7.82% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Bledsoe in 2022 was $22,593, 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 $90,372 for a family of four. However, Bledsoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bledsoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bledsoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bledsoe include Irish, German, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Bledsoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Our research reveals that 91.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 19 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bledsoe are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 44.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Bledsoe, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (91.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.