La Center - Kevil is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,903 people and just one neighborhood, La Center - Kevil is the 104th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, La Center - Kevil is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, La Center - Kevil is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in La Center - Kevil who work in management occupations (15.22%), office and administrative support (11.77%), and sales jobs (9.48%).
As is often the case in a small town, La Center - Kevil doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of La Center - Kevil are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.97% of adults in La Center - Kevil having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in La Center - Kevil in 2022 was $34,173, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,692 for a family of four. However, La Center - Kevil contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call La Center - Kevil home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Center - Kevil residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Center - Kevil include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in La Center - Kevil is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and German/Yiddish.
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 91.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.5% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 La Center - Kevil are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.0% of America'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, 37.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in La Center - Kevil, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.0%) 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.