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Vandiver - Sterrett, AL

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Overview


Vandiver - Sterrett is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,629 people and just one neighborhood, Vandiver - Sterrett is the 187th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Vandiver - Sterrett, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.96% of Vandiver - Sterrett’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Vandiver - Sterrett is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vandiver - Sterrett who work in office and administrative support (15.38%), sales jobs (10.43%), and management occupations (9.90%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Vandiver - Sterrett’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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

One downside of living in Vandiver - Sterrett is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Vandiver - Sterrett, the average commute to work is 35.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Vandiver - Sterrett 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

In terms of college education, Vandiver - Sterrett is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.01% of adults 25 and older in Vandiver - Sterrett have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Vandiver - Sterrett in 2018 was $28,658, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,632 for a family of four. However, Vandiver - Sterrett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Vandiver - Sterrett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vandiver - Sterrett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vandiver - Sterrett include Irish, German, English, Polish, and Greek.

The most common language spoken in Vandiver - Sterrett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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 Vandiver - Sterrett, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 24.1% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, 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 6.6% 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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.3% 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, 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 42 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.6% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Greek ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.9% 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 99.0% 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 Vandiver - Sterrett are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.3% 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, 40.0% 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 22.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.4%), and 16.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Vandiver - Sterrett, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report English roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.2%), along with some Greek ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (15.1%) . 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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