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Repton, AL

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Overview


Repton is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 230 people and just one neighborhood, Repton is the 371st largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Repton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 63.11% of the Repton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Repton is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Repton who work in food service (13.59%), teaching (12.62%), and maintenance occupations (4.85%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Repton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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

Repton is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Repton, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.03% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Demographics

The overall education level of Repton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.32% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Repton in 2018 was $13,379, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $53,516 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Repton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog 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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.8% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.9% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 10 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

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 Repton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.0% 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, 44.7% 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 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.1%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Repton, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (2.8%), and residents who report Native American roots (1.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.1%).

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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