Mount Olivet is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 349 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Olivet is the 345th largest community in Kentucky. Mount Olivet has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Unlike some cities, Mount Olivet isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Olivet are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Olivet is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Olivet who work in healthcare (34.69%), food service (14.29%), and office and administrative support (10.20%).
Overall, Mount Olivet’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Mount Olivet, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Mount Olivet does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Mount Olivet who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.47% of the adults in Mount Olivet have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Olivet in 2022 was $21,985, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,940 for a family of four. Mount Olivet also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Mount Olivet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Olivet residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Mount Olivet include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Mount Olivet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Polish.
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.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.5% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.
Significantly, 1.0% 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 96.8% 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 Mount Olivet are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.7% 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, 32.1% 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 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.3%), and 15.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% 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 Mount Olivet, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.5%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.