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Owens Cross Roads, AL

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Overview


Owens Cross Roads is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,652 people and just one neighborhood, Owens Cross Roads is the 185th largest community in Alabama. Owens Cross Roads has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Owens Cross Roads, where the median household income is $70,750.00.

Owens Cross Roads real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Owens Cross Roads house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Owens Cross Roads is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Owens Cross Roads is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Owens Cross Roads who work in office and administrative support (15.02%), healthcare (10.21%), and management occupations (10.12%).

Also of interest is that Owens Cross Roads has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.09% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Owens Cross Roads are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.41% of adults in Owens Cross Roads having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Owens Cross Roads in 2018 was $31,766, 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 $127,064 for a family of four. However, Owens Cross Roads contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Owens Cross Roads is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.

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.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Alabama. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.

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 Owens Cross Roads are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.9% 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, 45.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.6%), and 12.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% 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 Owens Cross Roads, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.4%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 (37.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (13.3%) . 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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