Russell Springs is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,750 people and three associated neighborhoods, Russell Springs is the 151st largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Russell Springs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Russell Springs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Russell Springs is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Russell Springs who work in sales jobs (13.17%), office and administrative support (11.61%), and healthcare (9.36%). Of important note, Russell Springs is also a city of artists. Russell Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Russell Springs’s character.Russell Springs is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Russell Springs enrolled in college, Russell Springs has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Russell Springs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.77 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The percentage of people in Russell Springs who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.79% of adults in Russell Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Russell Springs in 2022 was $22,057, 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 $88,228 for a family of four. However, Russell Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Russell Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Russell Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Russell Springs include English, German, Irish, British, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Russell Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
