Five Points is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 117 people and just one neighborhood, Five Points is the 398th largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Five Points is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.00% of the Five Points workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Five Points is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Five Points who work in sales jobs (21.43%), management occupations (10.71%), and teaching (7.14%).
The overall crime rate in Five Points is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Five Points 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. Five Points has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Five Points than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Five Points may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Five Points doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Five Points is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.31% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Five Points in 2022 was $18,493, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,972 for a family of four.
Five Points is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Five Points home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Five Points residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Five Points include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Five Points is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.7% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Five Points neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French 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 Five Points are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.4% 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, 37.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 14.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% 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 Five Points, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.