Nortonville - White Plains is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,785 people and just one neighborhood, Nortonville - White Plains is the 90th largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nortonville - White Plains is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.19% of the Nortonville - White Plains workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nortonville - White Plains is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nortonville - White Plains who work in office and administrative support (8.95%), sales jobs (7.76%), and healthcare (7.46%).
Also of interest is that Nortonville - White Plains has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small town, Nortonville - White Plains does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Nortonville - White Plains rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.09% of adults 25 and older in Nortonville - White Plains have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Nortonville - White Plains in 2018 was $25,660, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,640 for a family of four. However, Nortonville - White Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Nortonville - White Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nortonville - White Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nortonville - White Plains include English, Irish, European, German, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Nortonville - White Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.1% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.7% of American neighborhoods.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
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 Nortonville - White Plains are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.8% of U.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, 44.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.
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 Nortonville - White Plains, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.7%), and residents who report German roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (1.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.6%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.