Ledbetter - Smithland is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,353 people and just one neighborhood, Ledbetter - Smithland is the 121st largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ledbetter - Smithland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.11% of the Ledbetter - Smithland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ledbetter - Smithland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ledbetter - Smithland who work in sales jobs (11.60%), office and administrative support (8.38%), and management occupations (7.24%).
Also of interest is that Ledbetter - Smithland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The town 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, Ledbetter - Smithland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ledbetter - Smithland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The percentage of adults in Ledbetter - Smithland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.81% of adults in Ledbetter - Smithland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ledbetter - Smithland in 2022 was $33,696, 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 $134,784 for a family of four. However, Ledbetter - Smithland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ledbetter - Smithland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ledbetter - Smithland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ledbetter - Smithland include English, Irish, German, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ledbetter - Smithland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ledbetter - Smithland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note, 54.4% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ledbetter - Smithland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 54.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Ledbetter - Smithland, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report German roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (58.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.