East Bernstadt is a tiny town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 809 people and two associated neighborhoods, East Bernstadt is the 276th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Bernstadt is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Bernstadt is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Bernstadt who work in sales jobs (16.36%), office and administrative support (16.00%), and food service (10.91%). A relatively large number of people in East Bernstadt telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Overall, East Bernstadt’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. 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, East Bernstadt has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes East Bernstadt a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, East Bernstadt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In East Bernstadt, just 11.79% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in East Bernstadt in 2022 was $18,944, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,776 for a family of four. However, East Bernstadt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call East Bernstadt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bernstadt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Bernstadt include German, Irish, English, British, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in East Bernstadt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
