Russell Springs is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,750 people and three associated neighborhoods, Russell Springs is the 151st largest community in Kentucky.Russell Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Russell Springs is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Russell Springs who work in sales jobs (13.17%), office and administrative support (11.61%), and healthcare (9.36%). Of important note, Russell Springs is also a city of artists. Russell Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Russell Springs’s character.Russell Springs is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Russell Springs enrolled in college, Russell Springs has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.77 minutes getting to work every day.In terms of college education, Russell Springs is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.79% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Russell Springs in 2022 was $22,057, 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 $88,228 for a family of four. However, Russell Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Russell Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Russell Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Russell Springs include English, German, Irish, British, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Russell Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
