Muldraugh is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,014 people and just one neighborhood, Muldraugh is the 252nd largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Muldraugh is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.66% of the Muldraugh workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Muldraugh is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Muldraugh who work in sales jobs (20.43%), food service (7.21%), and maintenance occupations (6.97%).
Also of interest is that Muldraugh 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 Muldraugh telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.00% 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.
One downside of living in Muldraugh is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Muldraugh, the average commute to work is 35.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Muldraugh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Muldraugh has a very low overall level of education: only 6.12% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Muldraugh in 2022 was $21,902, 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 $87,608 for a family of four.
Muldraugh is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Muldraugh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Muldraugh residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Muldraugh include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Muldraugh 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.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 22.5% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.9% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Muldraugh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.8% 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, 39.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 36.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.9%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.1%).
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 Muldraugh, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (8.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (3.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (28.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.3%) 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 (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.