Guthrie is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,334 people and just one neighborhood, Guthrie is the 236th largest community in Kentucky.
Guthrie is a blue-collar town, with 49.57% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Guthrie is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Guthrie who work in office and administrative support (11.69%), food service (11.26%), and maintenance occupations (10.61%).
Guthrie’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Guthrie 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. Guthrie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Guthrie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Guthrie may be for you.
One of the benefits of Guthrie is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Guthrie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Guthrie ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.44% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Guthrie in 2018 was $19,269, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,076 for a family of four. However, Guthrie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Guthrie also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Guthrie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Guthrie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Guthrie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Guthrie include African, German, European, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Guthrie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022.
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to KY* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Todd County Middle School
515 W Main St Elkton, KY 42220 |
06-08 | ||
Todd County Central High School
806 S Main St Elkton, KY 42220 |
09-12 | ||
South Todd Elementary School
4115 Guthrie Rd Guthrie, KY 42234 |
PK-05 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 54.0% | 56.2% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 51.4% | 53.5% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 2.6% | 2.7% |
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