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Alpine, AL

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Overview


Alpine is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,574 people and just one neighborhood, Alpine is the 186th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Alpine, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.98% of Alpine’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alpine is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Alpine who work in sales jobs (18.77%), management occupations (10.82%), and teaching (9.13%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Alpine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alpine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Alpine, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.98 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Alpine is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Alpine has a very low overall level of education: only 9.19% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Alpine in 2018 was $24,887, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,548 for a family of four. However, Alpine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alpine is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alpine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alpine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Alpine include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Alpine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 52.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (31.2%) than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

Of particular note, 15.8% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Alpine are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 48.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 4.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Alpine, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (3.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (2.9%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.9%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (64.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (31.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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