Pikeville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,358 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Pikeville is the 56th largest community in Kentucky.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Pikeville. This is not typical for smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Pikeville.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pikeville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.31 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

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

The citizens of Pikeville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.94% of adults in Pikeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pikeville in 2018 was $31,614, 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 $126,456 for a family of four. However, Pikeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Pikeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikeville include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Pikeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.