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Lost Creek, KY

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Overview


Lost Creek is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,936 people and just one neighborhood, Lost Creek is the 196th largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Lost Creek, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.82% of Lost Creek’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lost Creek is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lost Creek who work in teaching (11.82%), office and administrative support (8.00%), and maintenance occupations (7.27%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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

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

Lost Creek is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Lost Creek is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.02% of adults 25 and older in Lost Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lost Creek in 2018 was $19,312, 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 $77,248 for a family of four. However, Lost Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lost Creek also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Lost Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lost Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lost Creek include English, Irish, European, Scottish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Lost Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lost Creek, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 50.6% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 14.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (25.6%) than in 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 53.8% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lost Creek are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 53.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 37.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Lost Creek, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Scottish roots (1.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.1%).

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (14.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (64.8%) 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 (25.6%) and 7.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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