Gamaliel - Fountain Run is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,227 people and just one neighborhood, Gamaliel - Fountain Run is the 182nd largest community in Kentucky.
When you are in Gamaliel - Fountain Run, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.98% of Gamaliel - Fountain Run’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gamaliel - Fountain Run is a town of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gamaliel - Fountain Run who work in management occupations (16.73%), farm management occupations (8.96%), and healthcare (6.85%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Gamaliel - Fountain Run work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
Gamaliel - Fountain Run’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Gamaliel - Fountain Run, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.11 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Gamaliel - Fountain Run doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Gamaliel - Fountain Run with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.87% of adults in Gamaliel - Fountain Run have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gamaliel - Fountain Run in 2022 was $26,774, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,096 for a family of four. However, Gamaliel - Fountain Run contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gamaliel - Fountain Run also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.75% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Gamaliel - Fountain Run home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gamaliel - Fountain Run residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Gamaliel - Fountain Run include English, German, Irish, Portuguese, and European.
The most common language spoken in Gamaliel - Fountain Run is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (54.5%) than found in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Kentucky, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Kentucky.
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 28 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.1% of America.
Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Gamaliel - Fountain Run are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 54.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% 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, 37.0% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.0%), and 9.0% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Gamaliel - Fountain Run, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.9%), along with some Portuguese ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (15.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.