Pikeville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,358 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Pikeville is the 56th largest community in Kentucky.Pikeville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pikeville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pikeville who work in teaching (14.07%), healthcare (13.86%), and office and administrative support (12.37%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.96% 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. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.31 minutes getting to work every day. Pikeville 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 education level of Pikeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.94% of adults in Pikeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pikeville in 2022 was $31,614, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,456 for a family of four. However, Pikeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pikeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikeville include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Pikeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
