Mousie is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,919 people and just one neighborhood, Mousie is the 194th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some towns, Mousie isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mousie are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mousie is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mousie who work in healthcare suport services (15.32%), maintenance occupations (11.53%), and management occupations (8.78%).
Also of interest is that Mousie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Mousie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 28.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Mousie is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Mousie 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. Mousie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mousie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mousie may be for you.
Mousie 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 rate of college-level education in Mousie is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.13% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mousie in 2022 was $22,515, 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 $90,060 for a family of four. However, Mousie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mousie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mousie residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mousie include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mousie is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.1% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
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 Mousie are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 31.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.5%), and 19.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Mousie, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report German roots (2.6%).
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (56.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.