For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Pikeville. This is not typical for smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Pikeville.
One of the benefits of Pikeville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.31 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Pikeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pikeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.94% of adults in Pikeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pikeville in 2022 was $31,614, 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 $126,456 for a family of four. However, Pikeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pikeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikeville include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Pikeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
