Inez is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 511 people and two associated neighborhoods, Inez is the 323rd largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Inez isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Inez are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Inez is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Inez who work in healthcare (22.47%), community and social services (14.98%), and teaching (10.49%). Inez’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Inez 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. Inez has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Inez than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Inez may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Inez spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Inez 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 percentage of adults in Inez who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.67% of the adults in Inez have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Inez in 2022 was $38,191, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,764 for a family of four. However, Inez contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Inez also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.69% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Inez home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Inez residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Inez include English, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and British. The most common language spoken in Inez is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
