It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Salyersville 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. Salyersville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Salyersville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Salyersville may be for you.
Being a small city, Salyersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Salyersville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.27% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Salyersville in 2022 was $18,762, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,048 for a family of four. However, Salyersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Salyersville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 58.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Salyersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salyersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Salyersville include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Salyersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
