Salyersville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,525 people and five associated neighborhoods, Salyersville is the 220th largest community in Kentucky.When you are in Salyersville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.14% of Salyersville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Salyersville is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salyersville who work in teaching (17.90%), management occupations (9.55%), and office and administrative support (8.35%). Overall, Salyersville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. 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, Salyersville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Salyersville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Salyersville 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 Salyersville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.99% of adults in Salyersville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Salyersville in 2022 was $18,253, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,012 for a family of four. Salyersville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.04% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Salyersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salyersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Salyersville include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and European. The most common language spoken in Salyersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and German/Yiddish.
