Nicholasville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 19,565 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Nicholasville is the 22nd largest community in Kentucky.

Nicholasville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Nicholasville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nicholasville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.71%), sales jobs (11.60%), and management occupations (6.95%).

Residents of Nicholasville by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.8% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Nicholasville may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Being a small city, Nicholasville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Nicholasville Information and Demographics

The education level of Nicholasville citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 14.04% of adults 25 and older in Nicholasville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Nicholasville in 2000 was $17,036, 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 $68,144 for a family of four.

The people who call Nicholasville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Nicholasville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nicholasville include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Nicholasville is English.