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Florala - Lockhart, AL

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Overview


Florala - Lockhart is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,446 people and just one neighborhood, Florala - Lockhart is the 157th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Florala - Lockhart is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Florala - Lockhart is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florala - Lockhart who work in office and administrative support (12.48%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.89%), and management occupations (9.18%).

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, Florala - Lockhart has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Florala - Lockhart a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small town, Florala - Lockhart doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Florala - Lockhart has a very low overall level of education: only 7.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Florala - Lockhart in 2018 was $26,964, 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 $107,856 for a family of four. However, Florala - Lockhart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Florala - Lockhart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Japanese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Florala - Lockhart, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 15.7% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.1% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 31.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.1% 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 Florala - Lockhart are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.7% of U.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, 33.3% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.6%), and 15.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% 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 Florala - Lockhart, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (12.5%) . 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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