Hyden is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 279 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hyden is the 356th largest community in Kentucky.

Also of interest is that Hyden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Overall, Hyden’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Hyden spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Hyden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Hyden are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.86% of adults in Hyden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hyden in 2022 was $31,338, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,352 for a family of four. However, Hyden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Hyden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Langs. of India.