Coxs Creek is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 6,605 people and just one neighborhood, Coxs Creek is the 71st largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Coxs Creek, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Coxs Creek, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Coxs Creek’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Coxs Creek does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $84,894.00.
Coxs Creek real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Coxs Creek house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Coxs Creek is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Coxs Creek is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coxs Creek who work in healthcare (17.83%), office and administrative support (12.60%), and management occupations (10.19%).
Because of many things, Coxs Creek is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Coxs Creek really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Coxs Creek perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
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!) Coxs Creek 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. Coxs Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coxs Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coxs Creek may be for you.
Coxs Creek 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.
The percentage of people in Coxs Creek who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.45% of adults in Coxs Creek have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Coxs Creek in 2022 was $36,194, 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 $144,776 for a family of four. However, Coxs Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Coxs Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coxs Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coxs Creek include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Coxs Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 5.3% have Swedish ancestry.
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 Coxs Creek are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.3% 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, 43.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.7%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households.
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 Coxs Creek, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (5.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.
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 (33.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.8%) 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.