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Citronelle, AL

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Overview


Citronelle is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,903 people and just one neighborhood, Citronelle is the 146th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Citronelle is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.73% of the Citronelle workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Citronelle is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Citronelle who work in management occupations (8.26%), office and administrative support (7.59%), and sales jobs (7.23%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Citronelle has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Citronelle has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Citronelle than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Citronelle may be for you.

One downside of living in Citronelle is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Citronelle, the average commute to work is 35.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small city, Citronelle doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Citronelle with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Citronelle in 2018 was $24,653, 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 $98,612 for a family of four. However, Citronelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Citronelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Citronelle are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 54.7% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 36.0% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% 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 Citronelle, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report French roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (44.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (89.8%) 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 (5.1%) . 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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