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Verbena, AL

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Overview


Verbena is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,675 people and just one neighborhood, Verbena is the 184th largest community in Alabama.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Verbena, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.44% of Verbena’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Verbena is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Verbena who work in sales jobs (17.95%), maintenance occupations (13.03%), and office and administrative support (8.69%).

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

One downside of living in Verbena, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.39 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

In Verbena, just 9.94% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Verbena in 2018 was $31,389, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,556 for a family of four. However, Verbena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Verbena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Verbena, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 48.2% 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, 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 90.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.4% 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.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Verbena are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.1% 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, 48.4% 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 33.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (9.3%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).

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 Verbena, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report German roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.

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 (78.4%) 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 (21.6%) . 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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