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    Vinegar Bend, AL

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    Overview

    Vinegar Bend is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 178 people and just one neighborhood, Vinegar Bend is the 387th largest community in Alabama.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Vinegar Bend is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vinegar Bend is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vinegar Bend who work in business and financial occupations (100.00%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

    Setting & Lifestyle

    The overall crime rate in Vinegar Bend 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.

    The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Vinegar Bend has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vinegar Bend a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

    In Vinegar Bend, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

    Vinegar Bend is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Vinegar Bend isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

    Vinegar Bend is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

    Demographics

    In terms of college education, Vinegar Bend ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

    The per capita income in Vinegar Bend in 2022 was $19,404, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,616 for a family of four. Vinegar Bend also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 76.15% of its population below the federal poverty line.

    The people who call Vinegar Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vinegar Bend residents report their race to be Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vinegar Bend include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

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

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

    People

    In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

    In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 92.2% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

    Occupations

    NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 50.3% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.1% of American neighborhoods.

    Real Estate

    Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in 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.

    In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

    Length of Commute

    Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 11.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of all neighborhoods in America.

    Car Ownership

    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 37.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

    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 Vinegar Bend are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 50.3% 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 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.

    Ethnicity / Ancestry

    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 Vinegar Bend, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report German roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (1.5%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.2%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (54.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

    Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (15.7%) . 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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