Ekron is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 173 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ekron is the 391st largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ekron is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.43% of the Ekron workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ekron is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ekron who work in healthcare suport services (15.48%), maintenance occupations (8.33%), and sales jobs (7.14%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.35% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Ekron’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 city 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, Ekron has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ekron a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Ekron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Ekron ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.48% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ekron in 2022 was $19,635, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,540 for a family of four. Ekron also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.22% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Ekron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ekron residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ekron include Irish, German, English, European, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Ekron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
