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Senoia, GA

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Overview


Senoia is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,663 people and just one neighborhood, Senoia is the 150th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Senoia was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Senoia economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Senoia, where the median household income is $114,423.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Senoia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Senoia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Senoia is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Senoia who work in sales jobs (16.56%), management occupations (16.00%), and business and financial occupations (7.74%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Senoia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Because of many things, Senoia is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Senoia a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Senoia has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Senoia’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Senoia is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Senoia, the average commute to work is 30.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The education level of Senoia ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Senoia, 49.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Senoia in 2018 was $46,503, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $186,012 for a family of four. However, Senoia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Senoia, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.3% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Georgia. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% 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 Senoia are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 57.2% of America'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, 41.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.8%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Senoia, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 (28.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.8%) 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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