Ekron is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 169 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ekron is the 391st largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ekron is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.73% of the Ekron workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ekron is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ekron who work in healthcare suport services (13.64%), maintenance occupations (11.36%), and office and administrative support (4.55%). Also of interest is that Ekron has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The overall crime rate in Ekron is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ekron has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ekron a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Ekron, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Ekron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Ekron has a very low overall level of education: only 6.59% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Ekron in 2022 was $22,508, 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 $90,032 for a family of four. However, Ekron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ekron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ekron residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ekron include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Ekron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
