Pine Knot is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,380 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pine Knot is the 234th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pine Knot is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.40% of the Pine Knot workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pine Knot is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Knot who work in sales jobs (13.94%), office and administrative support (9.11%), and teaching (7.43%). Of important note, Pine Knot is also a town of artists. Pine Knot has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pine Knot’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.94% 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 Pine Knot 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 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, Pine Knot has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pine Knot a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Pine Knot is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Pine Knot with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.60% of adults in Pine Knot have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pine Knot in 2022 was $19,645, 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 $78,580 for a family of four. Pine Knot also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.Pine Knot is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pine Knot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Knot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pine Knot include German, English, Polish, African, and Other Subsaharan African. The most common language spoken in Pine Knot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
