Burnside is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 718 people and two associated neighborhoods, Burnside is the 298th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Burnside isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Burnside are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Burnside is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burnside who work in management occupations (18.18%), office and administrative support (12.81%), and sales jobs (11.16%). 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!) Burnside 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. Burnside has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Burnside than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Burnside may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Burnside spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.12 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small city, Burnside doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Burnside are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.45% of adults in Burnside have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Burnside in 2022 was $28,473, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,892 for a family of four. However, Burnside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Burnside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burnside residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Burnside include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Burnside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
