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Hazard, KY
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Hazard profile


Living in Hazard



Hazard is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,999 people and six associated neighborhoods, Hazard is the 87th largest community in Kentucky.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Hazard is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.62 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.

Hazard 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 Hazard are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.88% of adults in Hazard having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hazard in 2018 was $43,539, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,156 for a family of four. However, Hazard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hazard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hazard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hazard residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hazard include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

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