Titus is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,040 people and just one neighborhood, Titus is the 120th largest community in Alabama. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Titus, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Titus, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Titus’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Titus does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $90,324.00.
Titus real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Titus house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Titus, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.53% of Titus’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Titus is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Titus who work in office and administrative support (17.52%), management occupations (12.48%), and healthcare (6.00%).
Overall, Titus’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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!) Titus 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. Titus has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Titus than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Titus may be for you.
In Titus, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Titus doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Titus citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.26% of adults 25 and older in Titus have a college degree.
The per capita income in Titus in 2022 was $37,494, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,976 for a family of four. However, Titus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Titus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Titus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Titus include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Titus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 33.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Alabama. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Titus are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 36.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.5% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.1%), and 14.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.0%).
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 Titus, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report German roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (79.0%) 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 (13.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.