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Bonnieville, KY

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Overview

Bonnieville is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 276 people and just one neighborhood, Bonnieville is the 368th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Bonnieville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.15% of Bonnieville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bonnieville is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bonnieville who work in food service (19.75%), office and administrative support (6.17%), and management occupations (6.17%).

Also of interest is that Bonnieville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Bonnieville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Bonnieville 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. Bonnieville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bonnieville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bonnieville may be for you.

One downside of living in Bonnieville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.98 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Bonnieville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Bonnieville ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.57% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bonnieville in 2022 was $18,673, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,692 for a family of four. However, Bonnieville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Bonnieville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

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.

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 42.8% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.2% of American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 41 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.8% of America.

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 Bonnieville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.9% 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, 42.8% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 6.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% 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 Bonnieville, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.9%).

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (16.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

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