Hyden is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 293 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hyden is the 356th largest community in Kentucky.Hyden is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hyden is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hyden who work in teaching (34.75%), sales jobs (14.41%), and office and administrative support (10.17%). Also of interest is that Hyden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The overall crime rate in Hyden 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. As is often the case in a small city, Hyden doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Hyden is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.53% of adults in Hyden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Hyden in 2022 was $29,221, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,884 for a family of four. However, Hyden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hyden is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hyden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hyden residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hyden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hyden include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hyden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
