Calvert City is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,517 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calvert City is the 160th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Calvert City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Calvert City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Calvert City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calvert City who work in office and administrative support (23.18%), sales jobs (8.95%), and food service (6.86%). 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!) Calvert City 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. Calvert City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Calvert City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Calvert City may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Calvert City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.99 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.The population of Calvert City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Calvert City, 22.57% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Calvert City in 2022 was $28,306, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,224 for a family of four. However, Calvert City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Calvert City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calvert City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Calvert City include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Calvert City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
