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McIntosh, AL

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Overview


McIntosh is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 199 people and just one neighborhood, McIntosh is the 380th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, McIntosh is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McIntosh is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McIntosh who work in office and administrative support (45.28%), food service (12.26%), and healthcare (9.43%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

One downside of living in McIntosh is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In McIntosh, the average commute to work is 38.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, McIntosh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of McIntosh citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.48% of adults in McIntosh have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in McIntosh in 2018 was $27,484, 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 $109,936 for a family of four.

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

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

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.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 58.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.7% 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 23 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.0% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

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 McIntosh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.5% 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, 37.4% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% 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 McIntosh, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report English roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.8%).

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 (28.8% 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 (9.0%) . 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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