Leitchfield is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 6,895 people and four associated neighborhoods, Leitchfield is the 68th largest community in Kentucky.Leitchfield is a blue-collar town, with 36.58% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Leitchfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Leitchfield who work in sales jobs (13.76%), office and administrative support (12.55%), and healthcare (8.61%). 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!) Leitchfield 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. Leitchfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leitchfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leitchfield may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Leitchfield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.23 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small city, Leitchfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Leitchfield is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.87% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Leitchfield in 2022 was $25,084, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,336 for a family of four. However, Leitchfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Leitchfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leitchfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leitchfield include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Leitchfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
