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Corinth, KY

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Overview


Corinth is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 233 people and just one neighborhood, Corinth is the 383rd largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Corinth, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.81% of Corinth’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Corinth is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Corinth who work in food service (14.29%), office and administrative support (8.57%), and sales jobs (8.57%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Corinth 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.

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, Corinth has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Corinth a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Corinth 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.

Demographics

The population of Corinth has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.04% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Corinth in 2018 was $24,131, 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 $96,524 for a family of four. However, Corinth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Corinth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Corinth residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Corinth include Irish, German, Scots-Irish, Northern European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Corinth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Corinth are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.5% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 40.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.3%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Corinth, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report English roots (15.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (84.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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