Ekron is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 170 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ekron is the 391st largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ekron, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ekron, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ekron’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ekron does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $41,250.00.Ekron is a blue-collar town, with 56.36% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ekron is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ekron who work in maintenance occupations (12.73%), office and administrative support (7.27%), and healthcare suport services (5.45%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Ekron’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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, Ekron has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ekron a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Ekron is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ekron, the average commute to work is 38.48 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Ekron 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.Ekron ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.64% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Ekron in 2022 was $23,779, 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 $95,116 for a family of four. However, Ekron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ekron also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.59% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Ekron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ekron residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ekron include Irish, German, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Ekron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
