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Wilsonville, AL

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Overview


Wilsonville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,893 people and just one neighborhood, Wilsonville is the 237th largest community in Alabama.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Wilsonville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wilsonville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilsonville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilsonville who work in sales jobs (14.29%), management occupations (11.98%), and teaching (11.64%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Wilsonville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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, Wilsonville is worth considering.

One downside of living in Wilsonville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Wilsonville, the average commute to work is 32.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Wilsonville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.24% of adults in Wilsonville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wilsonville in 2018 was $28,387, 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 $113,548 for a family of four. However, Wilsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Wilsonville 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 Wilsonville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Alabama, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Alabama.

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 Wilsonville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.0% 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, 33.5% 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 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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 Wilsonville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report German roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 (30.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (13.2%) . 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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