The overall crime rate in Tompkinsville 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.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Tompkinsville 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. Tompkinsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tompkinsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tompkinsville may be for you.
In Tompkinsville, just 12.80% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tompkinsville in 2022 was $23,863, 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 $95,452 for a family of four. However, Tompkinsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tompkinsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tompkinsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tompkinsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tompkinsville include English, Irish, German, French, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Tompkinsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
