Pikeville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,358 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Pikeville is the 56th largest community in Kentucky.Pikeville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pikeville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pikeville who work in teaching (14.07%), healthcare (13.86%), and office and administrative support (12.37%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.96% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One of the benefits of Pikeville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.31 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Pikeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Pikeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.94% of adults in Pikeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pikeville in 2022 was $31,614, 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 $126,456 for a family of four. However, Pikeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pikeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikeville include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Pikeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
