Sonora - Upton is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,948 people and just one neighborhood, Sonora - Upton is the 106th largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Sonora - Upton, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Sonora - Upton, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Sonora - Upton’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Sonora - Upton does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,536.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sonora - Upton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sonora - Upton is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sonora - Upton who work in food service (12.90%), office and administrative support (9.98%), and sales jobs (7.54%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.37% 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.
The overall crime rate in Sonora - Upton is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The percentage of adults in Sonora - Upton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.55% of adults in Sonora - Upton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sonora - Upton in 2022 was $26,278, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,112 for a family of four. However, Sonora - Upton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sonora - Upton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sonora - Upton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sonora - Upton include Irish, English, German, French, and Swiss.
The most common language spoken in Sonora - Upton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Sonora - Upton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 40 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sonora - Upton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.4% 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, 29.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (29.0%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.2%).
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 Sonora - Upton, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.6%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 (51.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.