Want to Work at Hopkins County? 1500 Vacancies Displayed!!! Check Job Expo Details Here.The lack of labor options is one of the most serious difficulties that most communities face, but Hopkins County has a unique problem. At the moment, it looks that the county has more job opportunities than job searchers.
According to Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation president Ray Hagerman, there are currently 1,500 employment openings in Hopkins County, with another 200 new jobs expected to become available before the end of 2022. There may also be a group looking towards finding a manufacturing facility near Dawson Springs, which would add around 100 jobs.
“We had 1,500 openings at our most recent job fair, and only between 215 and 250 job searchers,” Hagerman told the Hopkins County Fiscal Court on Tuesday.
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According to the Kentucky Heart for Statistics (KYSTATS), a subsidiary of the Kentucky Training and Workforce Growth Cupboard, around 5.1 percent of Hopkins County’s 18,109 workers were unemployed in January. This brings the total number of employees to around 923. There isn’t enough staff to fill the current job openings, let alone an additional 2-300 new positions.
“About 15 years ago, if you had an excellent job and also threw in some good incentives, people would relocate for that position,” Hagerman said. “That doesn’t happen any longer.” “Jobs move to where the people are.”
It’s especially significant at Dawson Springs, where the twister on December 10 destroyed or damaged around 75% of the neighborhood’s structures.
In a recent interview with The Messenger, Hagerman stated that the company interested in relocating to Dawson had already been looking at the spec building before to the twister. When that structure was devastated by the storm, the company saw it as an opportunity to start over and expand further than they had planned.
Many Dawson Springs homeowners who lost their homes as a result of the twister have had to relocate. Many people are still attempting to figure out whether or not they will be able to return four months later.
“Housing scarcity has been a concern for our Realtor members in 2020 and 2021,” she said. “We’re expecting 2022 to start out the same way.”
Because of the high demand for homes in Hopkins County, the value of a home rises as well, according to Hopkins County Property Value Administrator Pam Barber. “We’re seeing issues sell for twice or triple what we had them assessed for previously,” she said.
That’s great for the vendor, but not so much for the customer. Not only have they had to pay more for the house than they would have had to only a few years ago, but in many cases, the promoting value of the house is higher than the appraised value of the property. As a result, in many cases, customers may have difficulty financing a home.
According to Barber, everyone can expect their home assessments to rise in 2022 as a result of the PVA’s accurate money values being seen in the sales. This entails higher property taxes, but it may help with the financial side of things.
Even though the state of Kentucky encourages localities to develop alternate ways to access the electric vehicle market, the problem persists.
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