Sebree is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,533 people and just one neighborhood, Sebree is the 225th largest community in Kentucky.
When you are in Sebree, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.76% of Sebree’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Sebree is a city of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sebree who work in office and administrative support (14.08%), healthcare (13.34%), and teaching (5.75%).
Sebree’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Sebree is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Sebree has a very low overall level of education: only 8.13% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Sebree in 2022 was $19,625, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,500 for a family of four. However, Sebree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sebree is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sebree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sebree residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sebree also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.82% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sebree include English, European, German, Scottish, and Irish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Sebree's cultural character, accounting for 16.41% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Sebree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island 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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.5% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of America's neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 89.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 91.3% 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 Sebree are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 49.0% 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 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Sebree, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.0%).
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 (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.4%) 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 (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.