Hawesville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,012 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hawesville is the 256th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hawesville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.78% of the Hawesville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hawesville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hawesville who work in office and administrative support (18.49%), sales jobs (6.46%), and food service (6.28%). Hawesville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. Being a small city, Hawesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Hawesville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.02% of the adults in Hawesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hawesville in 2022 was $32,650, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,600 for a family of four. However, Hawesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hawesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hawesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hawesville include Irish, German, English, French, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Hawesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
