Carlisle is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,148 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carlisle is the 190th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Carlisle is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.59% of the Carlisle workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Carlisle is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carlisle who work in healthcare suport services (13.24%), office and administrative support (10.98%), and food service (6.88%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Carlisle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Carlisle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Carlisle, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.46 minutes every day commuting to work. Carlisle 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 citizens of Carlisle have a very low rate of college education: just 8.40% 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 Carlisle in 2022 was $25,702, 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 $102,808 for a family of four. However, Carlisle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Carlisle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carlisle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carlisle include Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Carlisle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
