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Millry, AL

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Overview


Millry is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 442 people and just one neighborhood, Millry is the 346th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Millry isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Millry are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Millry is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Millry who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (14.38%), management occupations (14.38%), and food service (10.63%).

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

One downside of living in Millry is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Millry, the average commute to work is 34.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Millry with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.50% of adults in Millry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Millry in 2018 was $26,150, 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 $104,600 for a family of four. However, Millry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Millry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and African languages.

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 51.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.1% of American neighborhoods.

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 95.5% of the neighborhoods in 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.

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 Millry are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 51.2% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.0%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.

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 Millry, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.1%), and residents who report German roots (2.7%).

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (43.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (12.4%) . 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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