Strathmoor Village is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 673 people and just one neighborhood, Strathmoor Village is the third largest community in Kentucky. Strathmoor Village has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Strathmoor Village real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Strathmoor Village house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Strathmoor Village is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Strathmoor Village is a city of professionals, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Strathmoor Village who work in management occupations (16.48%), healthcare (9.52%), and teaching (8.06%).
Also of interest is that Strathmoor Village has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Strathmoor Village is also a city of artists. Strathmoor Village has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Strathmoor Village’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.22% 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.
Because of many things, Strathmoor Village is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Strathmoor Village a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Strathmoor Village has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Strathmoor Village’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Strathmoor Village has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Strathmoor Village has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Strathmoor Village than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Strathmoor Village may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Strathmoor Village doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
If knowledge is power, Strathmoor Village is a pretty powerful place. 66.29% of the adults in Strathmoor Village have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Strathmoor Village in 2022 was $54,854, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $219,416 for a family of four.
The people who call Strathmoor Village home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Strathmoor Village residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Strathmoor Village include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Strathmoor Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Think about the people you know personally. How many of them would purchase box seats to opening night at the symphony? How many of them regularly attend gallery openings, or are the first to reserve tickets to opening night at the ballet? If they're like most of us, they don't do any of these things. But if you're among an exclusive crowd of wealthy and refined patrons of the arts, then you'll feel right at home in the neighborhood: a neighborhood in which more "urban sophisticates" live than 99.3% of neighborhoods across the U.S. Here, your neighbors are defined as having urbane tastes in literature, music, live theatre and the arts. They are wealthy, educated, travel in style, and live a big city lifestyle whether or not they live in or near a big city. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students, families with school-aged children and active retirees.
Do you watch 'This Old House' on Public Television? Do you love the idea of fixing up a Colonial or Victorian era home, complete with the charm of yesteryear? Do you like to stroll or drive streets lined with gracious older residences? If you found yourself nodding yes to any of these questions, you are going to be interested in this unique neighborhood. The neighborhood stands out on a national scale for the sheer concentration of historic residences it contains: 57.6% of the residential real estate here was built from 1939 or earlier, some much earlier. This is a greater concentration of historic homes than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 2.3% have British 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 Strathmoor Village are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 72.1% of America'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, 59.8% 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 15.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.6%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Strathmoor Village, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (31.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (30.8%), and residents who report English roots (18.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some British ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 (55.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.2%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.