Campbellsburg is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 536 people and just one neighborhood, Campbellsburg is the 405th largest community in Indiana.
When you are in Campbellsburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.74% of Campbellsburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Campbellsburg is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Campbellsburg who work in healthcare (14.67%), teaching (8.15%), and food service (5.98%).
Campbellsburg’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Campbellsburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Campbellsburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Campbellsburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Campbellsburg has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.28% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Campbellsburg in 2022 was $18,571, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,284 for a family of four. However, Campbellsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Campbellsburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.45% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Campbellsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Campbellsburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Campbellsburg include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Campbellsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.8% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.1% of this neighborhood's residents have English 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 Campbellsburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.3% 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, 42.6% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% 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 Campbellsburg, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.