Hawesville is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 994 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hawesville is the 256th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hawesville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.78% of the Hawesville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hawesville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hawesville who work in office and administrative support (18.49%), sales jobs (6.46%), and food service (6.28%). The overall crime rate in Hawesville 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. Being a small city, Hawesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Hawesville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.02% of adults 25 and older in Hawesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hawesville in 2022 was $32,650, 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 $130,600 for a family of four. However, Hawesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hawesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hawesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hawesville include Irish, German, English, French, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Hawesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
