menu

Ashcamp, KY

This is a small community in a single neighborhood. As throughout the site, some neighborhood-level data are reserved for subscribers.



Overview

Ashcamp is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,726 people and just one neighborhood, Ashcamp is the 200th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ashcamp is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.70% of the Ashcamp workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ashcamp is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashcamp who work in management occupations (11.98%), community and social services (10.02%), and healthcare (9.80%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Ashcamp’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ashcamp has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ashcamp has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ashcamp than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ashcamp may be for you.

In Ashcamp, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.41 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Ashcamp is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Ashcamp is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.24% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ashcamp in 2022 was $24,334, 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 $97,336 for a family of four. However, Ashcamp contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ashcamp also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Ashcamp home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashcamp residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashcamp include English, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ashcamp is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 95.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 54.3% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.2% of American neighborhoods.

People

With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.7% of the neighborhoods in KY. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ashcamp are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 42.7% 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 36.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.8%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Ashcamp, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report Scottish roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.1%).

Getting to Work

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (95.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

Real Estate includes:
Average Home Values
Rental Market
Housing Market Details
Neighborhood Setting
Economics & Demographics include:
Lifestyle & Special Character
Household Types
Commute To Work
Migration & Mobility
Race & Ethnic Diversity
Employment Industries & Occupations
Income & Unemployment Rate
Higher Education Attainment
Crime includes:
Neighborhood Crime Index
Crimes Per Square Mile
Property Crime Comparison
Violent Crime Comparison
Schools include:
School Ratings
Schools In District
Public School Test Scores
School District Enrollment
Educational Expenditures

comparable neighborhoods nearby