Overall, Magnolia’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!) Magnolia 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. Magnolia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Magnolia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Magnolia may be for you.
One downside of living in Magnolia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.06 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Magnolia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Magnolia have a very low rate of college education: just 7.84% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Magnolia in 2022 was $26,809, 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 $107,236 for a family of four. However, Magnolia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Magnolia is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Magnolia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Magnolia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Magnolia include Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Magnolia is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
