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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 12.88
The average living wage for the state of Kentucky is $30.28/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Kentucky a minimum wage score of 10.87 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Kentucky a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Kentucky is $179.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 30.72 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

✓ Kentucky does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Kentucky does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Kentucky does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Kentucky does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Kentucky does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Kentucky does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Kentucky does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Kentucky does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Kentucky does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Kentucky does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Kentucky does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Kentucky does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Kentucky does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Kentucky does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

X Kentucky does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Kentucky does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Kentucky does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Kentucky does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Kentucky does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Kentucky does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Bullitt County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 65.65% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 73.18%
Democratic: 25.14%
Libertarian: 1.34%
Other: 0.34%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 40165
Latitude : 37.964331
Longitude : -85.718153
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 526 ft.
Area Code(s) : 502

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.69
Male Population Estimate : 42.89%
Female Population Estimate : 43.33%
Median Age : 38.4
Male Median Age : 37.8
Female Median Age : 38.9

White Population Estimate : 84.52%
Black Population Estimate : 0.85%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.99%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.58%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.06%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.76%
Other Population Estimate : 0.47%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Fox Chase specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Bullitt County: About 3 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Bullitt County: About 122 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Bullitt County is about 23% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 58% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.