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Sipsey, AL

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Overview


Sipsey is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 356 people and just one neighborhood, Sipsey is the 355th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sipsey is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.00% of the Sipsey workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sipsey is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sipsey who work in food service (22.58%), office and administrative support (8.06%), and healthcare suport services (6.45%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sipsey is worth considering.

One downside of living in Sipsey is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sipsey, the average commute to work is 32.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The population of Sipsey has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.15% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Sipsey in 2018 was $18,617, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,468 for a family of four. However, Sipsey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Sipsey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.5% 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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of all American neighborhoods.

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 Sipsey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.9% 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, 35.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.0%), and 16.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.2%).

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 Sipsey, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report German roots (2.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.7%) 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 (7.4%) . 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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