Drip Rock / Foxtown median real estate price is $146,748, which is less expensive than 77.4% of Kentucky neighborhoods and 89.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Drip Rock / Foxtown is currently $1,267, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 60.0% of Kentucky neighborhoods.
Drip Rock / Foxtown is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in McKee, Kentucky.
Drip Rock / Foxtown real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Drip Rock / Foxtown has a 13.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 74.0% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 58.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.8% of American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
The Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 98.1% of the adult residents in the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, astoundingly, the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular McKee neighborhood.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood stands out by having 93.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of all American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 20 residents per square mile, Drip Rock / Foxtown is less crowded than 94.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about Drip Rock / Foxtown is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish 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 Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood in McKee are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.0% 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 Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood, 58.0% 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 18.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.4%), and 15.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood in McKee, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.9%), and residents who report Scottish roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.7%).
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 Drip Rock / Foxtown neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (93.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.