Ledbetter - Smithland is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,353 people and just one neighborhood, Ledbetter - Smithland is the 121st largest community in Kentucky.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ledbetter - Smithland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.11% of the Ledbetter - Smithland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ledbetter - Smithland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ledbetter - Smithland who work in sales jobs (11.60%), office and administrative support (8.38%), and management occupations (7.24%).
Also of interest is that Ledbetter - Smithland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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, Ledbetter - Smithland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ledbetter - Smithland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The percentage of adults in Ledbetter - Smithland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.81% of adults in Ledbetter - Smithland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ledbetter - Smithland in 2022 was $33,696, 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 $134,784 for a family of four. However, Ledbetter - Smithland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ledbetter - Smithland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ledbetter - Smithland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ledbetter - Smithland include English, Irish, German, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ledbetter - Smithland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (54.4%) than found in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
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 Ledbetter - Smithland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 54.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.8% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Ledbetter - Smithland, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report German roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (58.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.