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East Brewton, AL

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Overview


East Brewton is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,271 people and just one neighborhood, East Brewton is the 198th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in East Brewton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.79% of East Brewton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, East Brewton is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Brewton who work in food service (7.96%), sales jobs (7.87%), and healthcare suport services (6.79%).

Of important note, East Brewton is also a city of artists. East Brewton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape East Brewton’s character.

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!) East Brewton 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. East Brewton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in East Brewton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, East Brewton may be for you.

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

Demographics

The citizens of East Brewton have a very low rate of college education: just 6.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in East Brewton in 2018 was $16,852, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,408 for a family of four. However, East Brewton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in East Brewton is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of all American neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.9% 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

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 93.8% 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 East Brewton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.9% of U.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, 44.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.5%), and 10.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 East Brewton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (91.8%) 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 (6.6%) . 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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