Another notable thing is that Kuttawa is a major vacation destination. Much of the city’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Kuttawa’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter 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!) Kuttawa 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. Kuttawa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kuttawa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kuttawa may be for you.
Being a small city, Kuttawa does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Kuttawa is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.43% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kuttawa in 2022 was $41,125, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,500 for a family of four. However, Kuttawa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kuttawa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kuttawa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kuttawa include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Kuttawa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
