Nortonville - White Plains is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,765 people and just one neighborhood, Nortonville - White Plains is the 90th largest community in Kentucky.
Nortonville - White Plains is a blue-collar town, with 45.15% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Nortonville - White Plains is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nortonville - White Plains who work in healthcare (9.84%), teaching (8.14%), and office and administrative support (6.94%).
Being a small town, Nortonville - White Plains does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Nortonville - White Plains, just 12.08% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Nortonville - White Plains in 2022 was $28,248, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,992 for a family of four. However, Nortonville - White Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Nortonville - White Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nortonville - White Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nortonville - White Plains include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Nortonville - White Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nortonville - White Plains, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.7% of all American neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 45.1% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.2% of American neighborhoods.
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 Nortonville - White Plains are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 45.1% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 9.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% 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 Nortonville - White Plains, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report German roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.