Info on Burkesville (Glasgow, Campbellsville, Mayfield: housing, income, jobs)

[roooster333]

Any info on the Burkesville area? Good or bad. Housing & jobs?

[censusdata]

Very small town in a very rural part of the state.

[San]

We live out in the country not far from Burkesville. It's a nice town in a pretty area. It is like a great many towns the good mixed with the bad. The average income of the area by the national average is considered low. However there are also a lot of people that have good jobs, lovely homes and drive good cars. There is a lot of farming in the area and also tourism as Burkesville is near Dale Hollow Lake and the Cumberland river. There is a lot of hunting and fishing tourism. There are at least two construction companies in town and selective logging is big here as it is in a great many parts of Kentucky. There are two hardware/building supply stores in town and a couple of insurance companies. There is a Napa in town as well as a hospital, dentist, doctor's clinics and a good library. There is a small plastics factory and in near by Albany, a Tyson Chicken processing plant. There is also boat manufacturing in Monticello.
As far as crime and drugs are concerned we haven't found them to be any worse than any other part of the country. Of course there is some, but these days I don't think you can find anywhere in the country that is totally drug and crime free. We have found the people to be friendly and helpful and we have totally enjoyed living here.

[roooster333]

I would be looking for some type of local truck driving job.

[San]

As well as things like construction and logging, you might also look into contacting the Lowe's people in Glasgow and Campbellsville. Those places have big trucks that deliver furniture etc. Another place you might look into is the Gaddy Shamrock quarry that has sites outside of both Burkesville and Albany. They use a lot of truckers for hauling rock and and various other things. Gaddy Shamrock I believe also has oil trucks. There are also companies in the area that have big trucks for delivering ground feed to outlying farms. There is also road construction. If you look around, there might be a number of things I haven't thought of.

[roooster333]

Thanks for all the info. My wife and I plan on trying to sell our house here in Illinois this spring. When it sells we are going to "retire" from our jobs here and move to the Burkesville area. I already have a class A CDL so i'm hoping to find a job pretty quick.

[San]

How odd, we are originally from Illinois also. In which part of the State do you live? We lived about 40 miles South of the Quad Cities out in the country near a little town called New Windsor. They have a rodeo there every year. It was a nice quiet place to live but the taxes and roads are a whole lot better down here.

[roooster333]

We live in the country near a town called Worden. It is about 40 miles northeast of St. Louis Missouri. My wife is from Canada. I grew up around here but spent most of my summers in the Mayfield Kentucky area. How long have you lived in Kentucky?

[San]

We've been here about 4 years. Just absolutely love it. Wouldn't move back to Illinois for anything. I have a sister that still lives up there and we go back several times a year to visit. Every time we go back we are so glad to get back home here. Now my sister and her husband are considering moving down when they get old enough to retire. I sure hope you folks end up as happy around here as we have been.

[roooster333]

There is no doubt we will love it there. I spent a fair amount of time in Kentucky and been to the Burkesville area a time or two. We are fed up with the rat race here. Can't wait to leave. Also our e-mail address is roooster333@yahoo.com if you want to write us there. Looking forward to being your neighbor.