Hazard is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,964 people and six associated neighborhoods, Hazard is the 87th largest community in Kentucky.Hazard is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.95% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hazard is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hazard who work in healthcare (33.78%), sales jobs (13.87%), and office and administrative support (13.45%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.44% 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. One of the benefits of Hazard is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.62 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Hazard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Hazard 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 Hazard, 23.88% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hazard in 2022 was $43,539, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,156 for a family of four. However, Hazard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hazard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hazard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hazard residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hazard include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Hazard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Vietnamese.
