Hawesville is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,007 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hawesville is the 256th largest community in Kentucky.Hawesville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hawesville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hawesville who work in office and administrative support (19.96%), sales jobs (8.55%), and food service (6.31%). Overall, Hawesville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Hawesville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.34 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Hawesville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Hawesville 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 Hawesville, 21.26% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hawesville in 2022 was $34,752, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,008 for a family of four. However, Hawesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hawesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hawesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hawesville include German, Irish, English, French, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Hawesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
