Vanceburg is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,398 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vanceburg is the 231st largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Vanceburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vanceburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vanceburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vanceburg who work in office and administrative support (16.77%), healthcare suport services (13.29%), and maintenance occupations (10.44%). Of important note, Vanceburg is also a city of artists. Vanceburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Vanceburg’s character. Overall, Vanceburg’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. 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, Vanceburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vanceburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Vanceburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Vanceburg has a very low overall level of education: only 8.35% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Vanceburg in 2022 was $22,510, 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 $90,040 for a family of four. Vanceburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.66% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Vanceburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vanceburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vanceburg include German, Irish, English, French, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Vanceburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
