The overall crime rate in Beattyville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Beattyville 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. Beattyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Beattyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Beattyville may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Beattyville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Beattyville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.25% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Beattyville in 2018 was $11,251, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,004 for a family of four. Beattyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.19% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Beattyville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beattyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beattyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beattyville include English, German, Irish, Albanian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Beattyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Italian.
