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!) Carlisle 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. Carlisle has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Carlisle than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Carlisle may be for you.
In Carlisle, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.46 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Carlisle 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 citizens of Carlisle have a very low rate of college education: just 8.40% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Carlisle in 2018 was $25,702, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,808 for a family of four. However, Carlisle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Carlisle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carlisle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carlisle include Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Carlisle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
