Coffee Springs is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 208 people and just one neighborhood, Coffee Springs is the 380th largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Coffee Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 59.14% of the Coffee Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Coffee Springs is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coffee Springs who work in maintenance occupations (32.26%), business and financial occupations (4.30%), and personal care services (2.15%).
The overall crime rate in Coffee Springs is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Coffee Springs 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. Coffee Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coffee Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coffee Springs may be for you.
One downside of living in Coffee Springs is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Coffee Springs, the average commute to work is 30.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Coffee Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Coffee Springs citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.18% of adults 25 and older in Coffee Springs have a college degree.
The per capita income in Coffee Springs in 2018 was $26,612, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,448 for a family of four. However, Coffee Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Coffee Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coffee Springs residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Coffee Springs include Irish, German, English, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Coffee Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.9% of all American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Alabama, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Alabama. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
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 Coffee Springs are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.8% 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 69.2% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (27.4%), and 6.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.7%).
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 Coffee Springs, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.9%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
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 (49.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (94.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.