Nancy is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 5,102 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nancy is the 88th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Nancy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nancy is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Nancy who work in sales jobs (11.61%), food service (10.97%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (10.30%). Nancy’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nancy has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nancy has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nancy than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nancy may be for you. In Nancy, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Nancy doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Nancy are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.41% of adults in Nancy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Nancy in 2022 was $34,717, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,868 for a family of four. However, Nancy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Nancy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nancy residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Nancy include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Nancy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
