Middlesborough is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 8,899 people and four associated neighborhoods, Middlesborough is the 47th largest community in Kentucky.Middlesborough is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Middlesborough is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Middlesborough who work in healthcare (12.95%), sales jobs (12.28%), and teaching (9.59%). One of the benefits of Middlesborough is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.59 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Middlesborough 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.In terms of college education, Middlesborough is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.87% of adults 25 and older in Middlesborough have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Middlesborough in 2022 was $22,625, 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 $90,500 for a family of four. However, Middlesborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Middlesborough also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.96% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Middlesborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middlesborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Middlesborough include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Middlesborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.
