Falkville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,196 people and just one neighborhood, Falkville is the 283rd largest community in Alabama.
Falkville is a blue-collar town, with 44.40% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Falkville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falkville who work in office and administrative support (12.13%), sales jobs (9.70%), and maintenance occupations (5.97%).
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!) Falkville 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. Falkville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Falkville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Falkville may be for you.
Being a small town, Falkville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Falkville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.41% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Falkville in 2022 was $22,462, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,848 for a family of four. However, Falkville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Falkville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Falkville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falkville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Falkville include English, Irish, German, Dutch, and Croatian.
The most common language spoken in Falkville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Polish.
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 Falkville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
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 Falkville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.0% 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 58.7% 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, 38.9% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.0%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.
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 Falkville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report German roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
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 (37.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.