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West Point, GA

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Overview


West Point is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,632 people and just one neighborhood, West Point is the 185th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in West Point was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local West Point economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in West Point, where the median household income is $52,995.00.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in West Point, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.47% of West Point’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, West Point is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Point who work in teaching (12.16%), food service (8.43%), and maintenance occupations (7.22%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.11 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, West Point is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.38% of adults 25 and older in West Point have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in West Point in 2018 was $24,230, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,920 for a family of four. However, West Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in West Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the neighborhood has more single mother households than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

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 West Point are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.8% 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, 36.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.9%), and 7.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.7%).

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 West Point, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.0%) 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 (12.7%) . 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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